I feel like this would be unconscionable if it was only employees with access to everything unencrypted. To just leave all this stuff open to the world is beyond the pale.
A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
Submitted 13 hours ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/
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MagicShel@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
thoon@feddit.nl 12 hours ago
Truly disgusting app
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
Its a glorified misandrous burn book.
TehPers@beehaw.org 2 hours ago
Am I missing something here? The article talks only about how user data was exposed, including the data on men being discussed in private messages. I don’t see any mention about any of what’s being discussed in these comments.
I get that there’s probably some talking behind backs or whatever going on in the app, but both criticism and defense of it seems completely irrelevant to the article in question.
If anything, the article goes to show just how wide of an impact the breach has. It not only is a violation of the users privacy (again), but also of personal information of non-users, including relationship history and sexual preferences of both the women on the app and the men they’re discussing.
irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 10 hours ago
Men mad that the app exists are part of the problem.
Non-men are still gonna talk shit and warn about ya, so die mad about it I guess.
JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 6 hours ago
Yeah, imagine men being angry that raging feminists had an app which allowed them to dox any man they want and ruin that man’s reputation (and life).
Them darneded men!
apotheotic@beehaw.org 11 minutes ago
You can tell a lot about a person by whether they think the word “feminist” is a negative or a positive
sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pub 2 hours ago
How?
No, seriously, how is this ruining men’s lives?
Even if everything posted on this app was believed by everyone who used the app, so any man named on this app had their reputation ruined in the eyes of anyone who used it -
The users of this app are a tiny, tiny minority of women.
Nobody’s being arrested based on this app. Nobody’s being sent to jail based on this app. No one’s even being publicly humiliated based on this app, because the app isn’t public - the “tea” is only accessible to users.
The only consequence of being named on this app is that a handful of women now have a bad opinion of you.
How does this ruin anyone’s life?
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 11 hours ago
I feel like we just straight up cannot trust corporate apps with our data. Time to go back to signal groups like the rest of us, ig.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 7 hours ago
I use encrypted apps with some regularity, but for now, I’m not too concerned about inert conversation being plaintext.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 hours ago
For all the spilling they’re doing, this is some of the most spot-on branding I’ve seen.
Sneptaur@pawb.social 13 hours ago
Mister president, a second data breach has hit the shit-talking app
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
Imagine if men made an app like this
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
You mean like Facebook originally was?
shishka_b0b@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Imagine if men had an actual need for an app like this
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Go on?
It would be a combination of InternetToughGuy, ThatHappened, and a bathroom stall?
It would be used for “no homo” meetups?
It would herald an era of men sharing their feelings?
It would be covered with porn and axel grease and sound like a Harley with a rough idle?
I have no idea where you are going with this.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 9 hours ago
“bathroom stall” would be a great name
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 9 hours ago
You mean, like this app?
Founder Sean Cook launched Tea after witnessing his mother’s terrifying experience with online dating
Outwit1294@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
The ethical aspect of this would be made a far greater deal than this app faces.
LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Paywalled.
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 13 hours ago
I hope nobody will trust them with their data after this. Just leaving their databases open to the public is horrendous. Though I fully expect this kind of stuff to happen way more often over the next few years, with the rise of “vibe coding”.