▲ 624 ▼ "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.com) submitted 1 year ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 88 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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/
[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago (9 children) Strong disagree. Just creating another bully culture. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [+] glimse@lemmy.world -13 points 1 year ago (8 children) What's the alternative to warning strangers about predators? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago Contacting police? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago What about people who don't use this app, do they not deserve to be protected, do they deserve to suffer because they didn't use this app? Let's be real, this app is about gossip, it's not about protecting women and keeping them safe, it's literally in the name it's about "spilling the tea" aka gossip. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago I hear that, I just don't think this is the way to go about it. Digital reputation system that lives on some corporate dataset is just ripe for terrible problems. It's terrible for everyone's privacy when we normalize this shit. permalink fedilink source parent [+] valtia@lemmy.world -19 points 1 year ago (4 children) As usual on Lemmy, the answer is just for women to shut up and listen to what the men want permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] arararagi@ani.social 13 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Just goes to show how lost you are in your feminist supremacy bubble, that even leftist spaces like lemmy think this thing is creepy. This already happened in my country, Secret was an app that got huge while I was finishing high school, an anonymous platform for people to confess private stuff, it rapidly became bully culture and libel central. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago If someone doesn't want to date you because of gossip they read online, then you dodged a bullet. The garbage took itself out. Do you think X should be shut down because some users use it irresponsibly? Reddit? Lemmy? permalink fedilink source parent [–] valtia@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alright, but none of that was really relevant to this comment. Why are you soapboxing on it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago You sort of started it with your comment. I don't want to be around people that feel the need to document everything on a website. Please inform those around you so they can decide to opt out. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] glimse@lemmy.world -13 points 1 year ago (8 children) What's the alternative to warning strangers about predators? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago Contacting police? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago What about people who don't use this app, do they not deserve to be protected, do they deserve to suffer because they didn't use this app? Let's be real, this app is about gossip, it's not about protecting women and keeping them safe, it's literally in the name it's about "spilling the tea" aka gossip. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago I hear that, I just don't think this is the way to go about it. Digital reputation system that lives on some corporate dataset is just ripe for terrible problems. It's terrible for everyone's privacy when we normalize this shit. permalink fedilink source parent [+] valtia@lemmy.world -19 points 1 year ago (4 children) As usual on Lemmy, the answer is just for women to shut up and listen to what the men want permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] arararagi@ani.social 13 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Just goes to show how lost you are in your feminist supremacy bubble, that even leftist spaces like lemmy think this thing is creepy. This already happened in my country, Secret was an app that got huge while I was finishing high school, an anonymous platform for people to confess private stuff, it rapidly became bully culture and libel central. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago If someone doesn't want to date you because of gossip they read online, then you dodged a bullet. The garbage took itself out. Do you think X should be shut down because some users use it irresponsibly? Reddit? Lemmy? permalink fedilink source parent [–] valtia@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alright, but none of that was really relevant to this comment. Why are you soapboxing on it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago You sort of started it with your comment. I don't want to be around people that feel the need to document everything on a website. Please inform those around you so they can decide to opt out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago What about people who don't use this app, do they not deserve to be protected, do they deserve to suffer because they didn't use this app? Let's be real, this app is about gossip, it's not about protecting women and keeping them safe, it's literally in the name it's about "spilling the tea" aka gossip. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago I hear that, I just don't think this is the way to go about it. Digital reputation system that lives on some corporate dataset is just ripe for terrible problems. It's terrible for everyone's privacy when we normalize this shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] valtia@lemmy.world -19 points 1 year ago (4 children) As usual on Lemmy, the answer is just for women to shut up and listen to what the men want permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] arararagi@ani.social 13 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Just goes to show how lost you are in your feminist supremacy bubble, that even leftist spaces like lemmy think this thing is creepy. This already happened in my country, Secret was an app that got huge while I was finishing high school, an anonymous platform for people to confess private stuff, it rapidly became bully culture and libel central. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago If someone doesn't want to date you because of gossip they read online, then you dodged a bullet. The garbage took itself out. Do you think X should be shut down because some users use it irresponsibly? Reddit? Lemmy? permalink fedilink source parent [–] valtia@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alright, but none of that was really relevant to this comment. Why are you soapboxing on it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago You sort of started it with your comment. I don't want to be around people that feel the need to document everything on a website. Please inform those around you so they can decide to opt out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arararagi@ani.social 13 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Just goes to show how lost you are in your feminist supremacy bubble, that even leftist spaces like lemmy think this thing is creepy. This already happened in my country, Secret was an app that got huge while I was finishing high school, an anonymous platform for people to confess private stuff, it rapidly became bully culture and libel central. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago If someone doesn't want to date you because of gossip they read online, then you dodged a bullet. The garbage took itself out. Do you think X should be shut down because some users use it irresponsibly? Reddit? Lemmy? permalink fedilink source parent [–] valtia@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alright, but none of that was really relevant to this comment. Why are you soapboxing on it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago You sort of started it with your comment. I don't want to be around people that feel the need to document everything on a website. Please inform those around you so they can decide to opt out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago If someone doesn't want to date you because of gossip they read online, then you dodged a bullet. The garbage took itself out. Do you think X should be shut down because some users use it irresponsibly? Reddit? Lemmy? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] valtia@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alright, but none of that was really relevant to this comment. Why are you soapboxing on it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago You sort of started it with your comment. I don't want to be around people that feel the need to document everything on a website. Please inform those around you so they can decide to opt out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago You sort of started it with your comment. I don't want to be around people that feel the need to document everything on a website. Please inform those around you so they can decide to opt out. permalink fedilink source parent
