The Tea App promised a safe, anonymous space for women to share personal experiences with men they dated. Instead, it leaked their private data. 

 

There’s tons of inaccurate, fear mongering information about the leak out there. So in this episode, we’ll break down what happened with the Tea App leak, why it matters, and what it reveals about tech’s ongoing failure to take women’s privacy seriously. 

 

A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating: https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/

 

Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan: https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/

 

Miami New Times’ longread on Girl Don’t Date Him: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/blind-date-6335973

 

Tea: Inside the new app where women anonymously review men: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/68302/1/tea-the-new-app-where-women-anonymously-review-men

 

'It's fun watching you burn': Man suing women for defamation actually harassed them on dating apps, defendants say: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/its-fun-watching-you-burn-man-suing-women-for-defamation-actually-harassed-them-on-dating-apps-defendants-say/

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