Damn, if they had PII in a public bucket like that it’s criminally negligent. Well, at least it should be but I’m no lawyer
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2025
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It's at least a hefty fine in the EU - enough to kill a business.
The higher of €20m or 4% of global annual turnover.
Indeed, and the kicker is that 4% is on turnover, not profit. That can really hurt.
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Yeah it has to be that way otherwise all these venture capital funded businesses that never actually make a profit could just do whatever they want, and considering that's basically every startup it would essentially neuter to the law.
Ah publicly exposed bucket. Tale as old as time.
4channer try not be bigoted for 1 nanosecond challenge (IMPOSSIBLE) (GONE SEXUAL)
Yeah there was absolutely no need to include unfounded racist shit about “DEI hires” but it seems to be some sort of rule in 4chan that you have to be a bigoted fucknut in order to post
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.
"talk"
They try to get a pass on this by saying it's about "safety" and reporting creeps. But it's filled with women posting dudes and gossip. It gives me the same vibes as those sites back in the day that were shut down because they were essentially revenge porn sites. Same shit different form.
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Found this article after a quick web search: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2025/07/24/what-is-tea-the-viral-women-only-app-with-1-million-downloads/
It's an app where women upload photos of men they're dating to get "the tea" on them (red flags, catfishing, etc.). I always wondered if something like this existed. Sucks that it has to, sucks even more if their users are being targeted like this.
Talk about adding to the toxic nature of the world. Anyone thinking we should have a digital record of social reputation isn't thinking it through.
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The reason that up until now an app like that hasn't existed is because it is an absolutely awful idea if you spend more than 10 seconds thinking about it.
It's ripe for abuse in fact I would be surprised if even half of the reports are legitimate. Isn't absolutely god awful system and whoever thought this up is an absolute prat, who seriously needs to get outside and actually experience real life and real people.
The original incarnation on Facebook got sued for posting libel and shut down. There's no judge of truth on these apps it's all she said and no he said.
Sucks that it has to
It doesn't have to.
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.
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.
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The app required ID uploads ostensibly to verify that you were a woman signing up, men were not allowed to join for obvious reasons
So like, when do we get a government-run service to issue zero-knowledge proofs about us so companies have no reason to store stuff like this in the first place?
Oh aye, I am the #1 government truster, they should "not record" where I visit and should be trusted to ignore my internet history
If I had to choose between a government and a private entity to store my personal governmental records (e.g. age and name), I'd 100% choose the government first.
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They wouldn’t see what sites you give the tokens to — unless those sites choose to phone home, for some reason.
- You log in to the government site
- You ask for a token to prove your age/gender/whatever
- You copy the token
- You go to the age/gender-restricted site
- You provide the token
- The restricted site asks the government site how to verify any arbitrary token (but doesn’t mention your specific token)
- The restricted site verifies the token
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Gives me no pleasure to add it to idcaboutprivacy
Free and open source—feel free to contribute.
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Someone spilt the tea...
well isn't that just ironic
I can't wait till I read a similar article about porn sites; especially one where the doxxed individuals are politicians.
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Woah, I just got an ad for this today, and was intrigued enough to see what their monetization model was (in app purchases/subscriptions for “pro” features) and took a big pass on it.
I understand the reasoning for the public intent of the app and would generally support it within reason cause society right now amirite.. but its not so subtle real world application has now leaked a DB of catty women for whom the majority ALSO show massive red flags. This isn't a sexist men vs women critique, if there was an app for men to rate women and dox them I'd feel the same way. Love it when shitty people bamboozle themselves.
A public S3 bucket? Whoever used the app should start a class action lawsuit, this is beyond misconduct.
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It was literally just a gossip site. Glad it got what it deserved, even if 4channers suck. The male version of this got shut down too.
Gossip sites suck, but nobody deserves to get their data leaked.
How do you think anyone who had their face and details posted by a vindictive ex feels? Yeah nobody does, but I feel less devestated when it was already happening from them against people.
Saying 4channers suck is very similar to saying Lemmy users suck. Depends on board and instance respectively.
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Friendly reminder that some services do need your ID otherwise they cannot help you or at least they need to very you (accountants, notaries, etc)
edit: I can´t do your tax report if I 1 don´t identify you and 2 I don't have the social security for which I need to do the report
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Whoopsie. What goes around comes around.
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