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"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION] (infosec.pub)
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Remember the UK new safety law. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/reddit-rolls-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-to-comply-with-new-rules/

https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/

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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 109 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (33 children)

Uh... What's the tea app?

Edit: from what I can gather based on the last link attached to this post it seems to be some kind of app for women to talk about men they've dated. Why that needs drivers license uploads is a whole other question and definitely should have raised some massive red flags for anyone thinking about using it.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The drivers license thing is likely due to a law passed by the UK a few days ago requires all mature content to be behind an age check. And not a "Are you 18: Yes / No", more like "we will check using ID and photos of you".

It's the most hated piece of legislation in a while, with already 100 000 petition votes in 3 days to repeal it.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

None of the driver licenses shown in the screenshot are UK style.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

No idea why they were collecting identification then.

Even worse, since the hackers got a bunch of the data at once, the company must have held onto those pictures long after they registered people to their service, which they likely didn't need to do.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh yes the famous state of Colorado UK.

UK driving licences do not look like that, they don't have US states on them (major clue), are green, and if the person in the photo actually looks like a living human and not corpse, it gets sent back as unacceptable.

[–] BritishJ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Actually UK licenses are pink. Provisionals are green

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, so they started requiring that in the last couple days?

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