Selfie Leak Nightmare: Women’s Photos from Tea App Used in AI Risks.
Massive Data Breach at Popular Dating App 'Tea' Exposes 72,000 Images, Including Private User Selfies A major privacy crisis has erupted after Tea, the viral women-focused dating advice app, confirmed a data storage breach that exposed 72,000 user images — including over 13,000 sensitive selfies used for identity verification. Tea, known for its unique approach to allowing women to anonymously share safety information about men they date, has now found itself under scrutiny after it revealed that the breach affected users who signed up before February 2024. Verification Selfies, Supposedly Deleted, Were Accessed To create an account, Tea users must upload a selfie to "verify that you are a woman" — a measure intended to keep the platform safe. The app claimed these selfies were deleted after account approval. However, the breach shows otherwise. Approximately 13,000 of the compromised images were from this private verification process. Another 59,000 images cam...