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Washington Post
3 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Tea, an app for women to review dates, reports 72,000 user images stolen
Tea Dating Advice, the viral app where women review dates with men, had tens of thousands of user images stolen, the company said Friday. In a statement, Tea said that it had detected 'unauthorized access to our systems' and about 72,000 images had been exposed, including some 13,000 images of photo identification documents and selfies submitted as part of the user verification process. About 59,000 images shared in posts, direct messages and comments were also accessed, it said. 'Your data privacy is of the utmost importance to us,' the app said. 'We are taking all necessary measures to strengthen our security posture and ensure that no further data is exposed.' A platform for women to anonymously share information about men in Yelp-style reviews, Tea allows women to rate dates with green flags and red flags, and includes men's photos and names. As its popularity has soared, the app has sparked controversy and generated privacy concerns for those who are negatively reviewed. The Tea hack was first reported by 404 Media, which said users on the online forum 4chan claimed to have uploaded the images to the site, long known for its discussion boards containing racist, extremist and misogynistic content. A 4chan board claiming to be sharing photos from Tea was still active Friday evening, but a purported link to the images was broken. All of the stolen images had been uploaded before February 2024, when the company began using more secure data storage methods, the statement said. The data was stored to comply with cyberbullying prevention requirements. 'During our early stages of development some legacy content was not migrated into our new fortified system,' the app said, adding that it had stopped requiring users to upload photo identification two years ago. Tea was founded in 2023 and pitches itself as a tool for ensuring 'women have the information they need before meeting someone new.' The app says it allows users to perform criminal background checks on potential dates, enter photos from a dating app profile into a reverse image search and search dates' phone numbers. In recent days, the app has gone viral, as women on TikTok have shared experiences using it to discover that men they had matched with on dating apps were subject to allegations of abuse, on a sex-offender list or had histories of domestic violence, The Washington Post reported this week. The app's terms of service say it has a zero-tolerance policy for defamation, and some men online say they have successfully asked for posts to be taken down. But, some men say reviews on the app also take aim at their looks or provide one-sided accounts of a relationship ending, and there are concerns the app's design could lead to pile-ons against individuals. Tatum Hunter contributed to this report.
CBC
18-07-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Ottawa officer suspended as army investigates 'Blue Hackle Mafia' group
The Canadian Army has temporarily suspended Lt.-Col. Ryan Hendy following the discovery of a Facebook group with 'abhorrent' content. CAF has been investigating the group, which is said to promote 'racist, misogynistic, homophobic and antisemitic comments and images.'
National Post
10-07-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Ottawa soldiers warned after explicit photos sent to commanding officer
Soldiers who posted antisemitic, misogynistic and racist comments on social media warned each other not to take photos of their wild antics because of previous complaints in which images of their genitals were sent to their commanding officer. Article content The posts by the soldiers from the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa indicated they knew what they were doing was wrong but their focus was on not getting caught. Article content Article content Article content 'No f–king pictures in the mess,' wrote one soldier. 'There should be 0 photographic evidence of anything we get up to in that room. We don't need anymore pictures of penises going to the CO (commanding officer).' Article content The soldiers operated what they call the Blue Hackle Mafia Facebook group. They have posted images of male soldiers in uniform exposing their genitals, others posing naked with Canadian Forces weapons or simulating sexual acts with each other in uniform. Some of the photos were taken at military installations. Article content The images of posts obtained by the Ottawa Citizen show the group has been operating longer than previously believed — some of the posts date back to 2007 and indicate there have already been previous investigations into the group. Article content Article content Still a decade later the soldiers were continuing, although concerned that incriminating evidence of their activities could surface. 'Basically anything bad to happen to any military unit in the last 25 years is because some asshole didn't put his camera away,' one soldier commented in October 2017. Article content In another comment from July 2015, a soldier provides an official Canadian Forces government email to where military personnel can send 'dic (sic) pics.' Article content Complaints were made in December 2024 to military police about the Blue Hackle Mafia group, Department of National Defence spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin confirmed in an email.
