Tea App Spills Your Secrets Bigger Than Your Ex’s Diary
The Tea app, where over 4.6 million women anonymously review men, had a breach that wasn’t just a leak—it was a flood. A security researcher accessed 'more than 1.1 million private messages,' including 'intimate' topics like divorce, abortion, and cheating. The company's spokesperson admitted, 'some direct messages (DMs) were accessed,' revealing they missed securing Firebase data while bragging their own code was 'very secure.' Now, Tea is offline, offering 'free identity protection services,' proving even in tech, privacy sometimes gets brewed to be as weak as bad tea.
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(1 of 3)Tea app: where your darkest DMs go from anonymous to accidentally famous. If you wanted folks spilling your secrets, might as well just hand them a megaphone and a Netflix deal.
Oh, I'm sorry, did I miss the part where trusting your private DMs with Firebase was a genius security move? That’s like using a screen door for a vault.
So let me get this straight: Tea bragged their custom code was 'very secure,' but left the digital front door wide open? That’s Apple locking its doors but leaving MacBooks on the sidewalk.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 7/28/2025 | Author: Sydney Bradley,Henry Chandonnet
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