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[Mistake]

So I saw some news recently that there is now an app called "Tea" in which women can rate their dates and put up photos. In order to be a user, you must upload a picture and photo ID (seems like a great idea!) Besides being incredibly shallow, I have to imagine this breaks a few laws somehow.

So in protest, another app for men was developed called "BoxScore," which offers similar features. I just figured I'd bring this up in case anyone here ends up with a bad date. Never know where your information goes these days, as the lovely ladies below are now finding out!


What was your last bad date?

 

[Ownage]

Ownage.





Don't hate the hustla, hate the game.

 

[Dacvak]

Okay, but who on earth would ever upload a picture of their ID to any app other than like a banking app?

 

[SJRB]

How was this app even legal? Massive, massive privacy breach having women just post pics and create profiles of men they're dating without the men's consent.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Okay, but who on earth would ever upload a picture of their ID to any app other than like a banking app?

The only other app I've done that for is Facebook, and only because I was running political ads and had to adhere to federal and state election laws.


Uploading your ID to a fly-by-night app used to rate potential dates just seems like you'd be asking for trouble.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Yeah I was on /pol/ this morning when I saw a thread complaining about the app then like 20 minutes later the hack thread popped up. It was insane how fast it came about.

Personally not assed because I'm gay but it's funny.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Besides how illegal this is, it also proves the absolute lack of morals of our society and how men and women have been conditioned to behave the worst way possible at each other. Truly disgusting.

Then, people wonder why virtual girls is a thing. Society needs a hard reset.

 

[March Climber]

Now that there is an audience for it, a larger company (probably a dating app) will take this idea and make it more secure.

 

[El Muerto]

You get what you deserve

 

[12Goblins]

How was this app even legal? Massive, massive privacy breach having women just post pics and create profiles of men they're dating without the men's consent.

Hm, I'm confused, how is it illegal? Defamation? How are men even going to know they are being defamed if they aren't allowed on the app, presumably If somebody shows them or they make a fake account or something? It seems making a woman-only app is not itself illegal

Even then, doesn't that just open up lawsuits to woman that made said statements and not the app? I would think the app is legally protected from the content of its users, no? Like reddit; unless they refuse to take down known defamatory/unlawful content or something like that

Could be completely wrong

 

[12Goblins]

You get what you deserve

I mean, there's a reason so many women gravitate towards apps like this and it's not to defame men..

 

[Grildon Tundy]

The story was about the app itself and the potential impact on dating for like 20 hours before the privacy breach lol.

I think the intent behind the app was honorable, but so was OnlyFans when it first started . No way it wouldn't become a cesspool of accusations with no way to parse which are true or not.

 

[6502]

Hmmmm one minute you are hung like a baby's arm, the next you are south park trump.... women attack your reputation as it suits and 180 just as quick... an app to broadcast this is dumb.
In the past you'd just hook up with their best friend.. now you can sue...
What a brave new world we live in...

 

[12Goblins]

The story was about the app itself and the potential impact on dating for like 20 hours before the privacy breach lol.

I think the intent behind the app was honorable, but so was OnlyFans when it first started . No way it wouldn't become a cesspool of accusations with no way to parse which are true or not.

The fact that it's free is also suspect; definitely some personal data and data harvesting going on

 

[Grildon Tundy]

The fact that it's free is also suspect; definitely some personal data and data harvesting going on

I mean, that's happening in real time & publicly now lol

 

[Robot Carnival]

haha, this thing had been around since 2023? how the hell had it not gotten into any legal troubles yet? hell, even looking at the other place, the thread on this was mostly like "na, this ain't it.". you just know that when even they are not cool with this, there's problem to it.

 

[LordCBH]

This entire saga from the past day and a half has been pure fucking gold.

 

[IAmRei]

.... that's 50+ data is massive breach,
how come people easily upload their private data, people are too naive : ))

 

[12Goblins]

The fact that the founder is some techbro should have also been a huge red flag, no pun intended

 

[swaffles23]

thats wild. what does vibe coded mean?

 

[thefool]

This is the sort of app that if men did it would be immediately characterized as felony and lazy media would be all over it but gets a pass because its women.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

How was this app even legal? Massive, massive privacy breach having women just post pics and create profiles of men they're dating without the men's consent.

Probably isnt. Who knows.

But like most things in life, if a guy is getting ragged on most of the time they dont really care. Guys are a lot more indifferent to dumb jokes or dumb things that happen to them. But if it's the other way around, everyone goes ape shit women could be abused or taken advantage of.

A site based purely on heresay with zero proof the stuff the guy is being talked about is true.

It's no different than internet trolling, cancel culture or revenge porn opportunity kind of sites. There used to be this hilarious site called TheDirty where anyone can upload a pic and post about someone. It was a mix of men and women outed and it was the same each time.... person's pic is uploaded, name and a description the person is...... an abuser, pervert, drug user, scammer etc.... Absolutely zero proof, but it was no holds barred. It eventually got shut down.

 

[EviLore]

thats wild. what does vibe coded mean?

Using an AI agent to write the code for an app on your behalf without having any idea what you're doing, no CS/SWE background so you don't know standard security patterns etc..

Hm, I'm confused, how is it illegal? Defamation?

You can mark a man as being a convicted criminal on there and list his criminal offenses, officially in the app, without proof that he did any of it. Creating a platform that explicitly affords those designations would likely make the app makers liable for damages in addition to the users, going beyond the protections of Section 230.

It's literally Defamation: The App.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

how come people easily upload their private data, people are too naive : ))

Because the internet is easy to sign up, free, fun, and nobody is going to read the giant terms of service page. They just click Agree and get a profile made.

On the other hand, if internet sites were like a lot of traditional business agreements where you got to show ID and literally sign a form with a pen (or digital signature) on a giant application, it might require a credit check, and now you might be part of the credit rating system, and then wait for approval for 1-2 weeks, hardly anyone would sign up to internet sites.

 

[Saber]

How was this app even legal? Massive, massive privacy breach having women just post pics and create profiles of men they're dating without the men's consent.

Because its men thats why.
Stumble upon a paper on the elevator of my parents apartment that says that law nows punish any kind of possible violence against women, kids and pets. I was like, ok how about men? Isn't violence against men also I dunno...bad?

 

[12Goblins]

thats wild. what does vibe coded mean?

"fully giving in to the vibes, embracing exponentials, and forgetting that the code even exists."

What could go wrong

 

[SJRB]

thats wild. what does vibe coded mean?

This is the origin of the phrase "vibe coding":

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Big news. Mainstream news sites talking about it. lol

Hackers leak 13,000 user photos and IDs from the Tea app, designed as a women's safe space

The viral app requires new users to take selfies, which it says it deletes after review.

www.nbcnews.com

Forget ChatGPT. Tea is the most downloaded app on Apple's App Store.

A dating advice app that lets women anonymously review their dates and compare notes has surged in popularity.

www.cbsnews.com

Tea, an app for women to safely talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed

Tea, an app designed to let women safely discuss men they date has been breached, with thousands of selfies and photo IDs of users exposed, the company confirmed on Friday. Tea said that about 72,000 images were leaked online, including 13,000 images of selfies or selfies featuring a photo...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Mistake]

Imagine taking the yelp review episode of south park and making it about this instead

 

[jason10mm]

Ownage.





Don't hate the hustla, hate the game.

Need to see if my wife is in there

 

[Mistake]

Big news. Mainstream news sites talking about it. lol

Hackers leak 13,000 user photos and IDs from the Tea app, designed as a women's safe space

The viral app requires new users to take selfies, which it says it deletes after review.

www.nbcnews.com

Forget ChatGPT. Tea is the most downloaded app on Apple's App Store.

A dating advice app that lets women anonymously review their dates and compare notes has surged in popularity.

www.cbsnews.com

Tea, an app for women to safely talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed

Tea, an app designed to let women safely discuss men they date has been breached, with thousands of selfies and photo IDs of users exposed, the company confirmed on Friday. Tea said that about 72,000 images were leaked online, including 13,000 images of selfies or selfies featuring a photo...

www.yahoo.com

Crazy times where we can get all the news now instantly, while MSM needs to pay a bunch of people to take it apart and give pieces days later

 

[YCoCg]

The app where women can doxx men got an Uno reverse

 

[winjer]

Modern dating has become a dystopian nightmare.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

Where can i get that dump though..

 

[Audiophile]

"Gender Wars: App Edition" sounds like a great title for a South Park episode on this..

 

[SJRB]

 

[Trunx81]

So it was a platform for hatred?
Don't those women have X?

 

[MayauMiao]

The app somehow sound like a blessing in disguise for men.

 

[Audiophile]

Apparently Asian women were the least-represented demo in the app..

 

[Kenpachii]

With AI u could just make endless woman accounts and shit talk everybody to make the app pointless.

 

[MayauMiao]

Tea app authentication in a nutshell..

 

[T.v]

No one used Death Stranding 2 to authenticate this?

 

[Mistake]

This situation just keeps evolving. Personally, I'm waiting on the juicy lawsuits

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Apparently Asian women were the least-represented demo in the app..

Because they don't need it.

 

[Fake]

No wonder men are giving up dating.

The app somehow sound like a blessing in disguise for men.

Karma never fail LMAO

 

[EviLore]

Please insert your top secret security clearance here to talk about mean boys you've dated

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Please insert your top secret security clearance here to talk about mean boys you've dated

We're so screwed

 

[Audiophile]

I can't find it now but I saw a programmer saying the creator/s of the app must've gone out of their way to have such poor levels of security (calling this a 'hack' is supposedly very generous), as the software/system they used would've been kicking and screaming at them to retain default security settings.

Donning my tinfoil hat, makes me think this could've been a ploy to reverse dox a bunch of people.

 

[EviLore]

I can't find it now but I saw a programmer saying the creator/s of the app must've gone out of their way to have such poor levels of security (calling this a 'hack' is supposedly very generous), as the software/system they used would've been kicking and screaming at them to retain default security settings.

Donning my tinfoil hat, makes me think this could've been a ploy to reverse dox a bunch of people.

Nah, LLMs will hardcode your passwords and use terrible security patterns like there's no tomorrow. Could've been intentional, sure, but vibe coding is the most likely explanation.

 

[MayauMiao]

Please insert your top secret security clearance here to talk about mean boys you've dated

Now the James Bonds of other countries will go after these desperate women for government secrets.