“DRIVERS LICENSES AND FACE PICS! GET THE FUCK IN HERE BEFORE THEY SHUT IT DOWN!” the thread read before being deleted.

Users from 4chan claim to have discovered an exposed database hosted on Google’s mobile app development platform, Firebase, belonging to the newly popular women’s dating safety app Tea. Users say they are rifling through peoples’ personal data and selfies uploaded to the app, and then posting that data online, according to screenshots, 4chan posts, and code reviewed by 404 Media.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Don’t trust dating apps ever. Literally better off dating someone you meet at a park.

    Less chance an algorithm set you up to fail.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I understand what you’re saying but dating apps exist because there are so many people who have no access to third places like that and don’t get to meet anyone.

      Partly that’s down to covid killing a bunch of stuff but it was on the decline before then anyway. Businesses were shutting down and becoming online only, town centres are emptying out, full of nothing but shuttered businesses with nothing to replace them. And of course now everyone is working from home.

      There was less and less everyday opportunity to meet people. Even if I go outside if other people don’t then I’m just wandering around by myself.