themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days ago"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION]lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1624arrow-down1image"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION]lemmy.dbzer0.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
Remember the UK new safety law. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/reddit-rolls-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-to-comply-with-new-rules/ https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/
minus-squarevaltia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoThe app required ID uploads ostensibly to verify that you were a woman signing up, men were not allowed to join for obvious reasons
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoAside from the fact that it was stored in a public database, there’s no need to store photos of the IDs at all. The account can just be marked as verified and move on. Also I doubt that measure would keep a man out if he really wanted to join…
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The app required ID uploads ostensibly to verify that you were a woman signing up, men were not allowed to join for obvious reasons
Aside from the fact that it was stored in a public database, there’s no need to store photos of the IDs at all. The account can just be marked as verified and move on.
Also I doubt that measure would keep a man out if he really wanted to join…