“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.

  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    20 hours ago

    My problem is how it’s implemented.

    An app where you simply post a name and a location, and then people can DM you with their experiences directly, would be a lot less invasive.