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10 women have sued the Tea app after user photos were hacked and leaked online (www.nbcnews.com)
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The Tea app, made for women to anonymously share information about men in their areas with other women, has been hit with 10 potential class action lawsuits in federal and state courts after a data breach led to the leak of thousands of selfies, ID photos and private conversations online.

All of the lawsuits allege that Tea Dating Advice Inc., the company that created the Tea app, was negligent in its data practices and breached a contract with its users.

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[–] muhyb@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was seeing this app name recently and finally learned what it's about. So it's a gossip app.

[–] murvel@feddit.nu 17 points 1 day ago

It's a dox app, operating legally some how.

[–] trinsec@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Doesn't sound worse than those 'bang lists' guys make in closed Telegram communities.

[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 22 hours ago

Neither are good in my opinion

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

Didn't know about those. That's disgusting!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait until some men find out what was shared about them, and start diffamation suits.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 18 hours ago

The doxxers got doxed. Sucks to be them.

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

🤣 FAFO