- The fact that this app exists solidifies the data that a small group of men/women do most of the dating on tinder etc while the vast majority land dates far less if none at all.

- This creates distorted market supply and demand where those small group of men/women become sought after and its only human nature in that they value their supply less than the rest.

- Toxic behavior is expected from that small group of highly attractive people that do all the dating.

- It was only a matter of time before such app would run into legal issues or attract angry individuals. Now the damage to the leaked identities will be prolonged. With the AI tech today, the extent to which a damage can be done is unknown (ex. deepfake, impersonations, further doxxing).

- Tea user's driver licenses as well as selfies, usernames, emails, posts about their dates will drastically increase the surface area for lawsuits, fraud and exploitation by malicious agents.

- The users of this site and those that have directly posted images, details have opened themselves up to significant legal and criminal liability. Given these apps were probably popular in large city centers like California, NY have heavy punishment for digital harassment and privacy violations on top of the damages that can be claimed against them by the men who's information and details were posted.

- Tea is largely insulated from what the users post which means that their biggest exposure might be just neglect and failure to secure data which comes with a slap on the wrist. Which will make it harder for Tea's userbase to claim large damages against it.

I read more details about this case and its beyond egregious. Unencrypted firebase and full public buckets. There is no hacking involved, the tokens were being used to pull data from roughly all 30,000 users of Tea and were only blocked short while ago.

Allegedly, 60GB of photos, user personal information, driver license, gps data being shared on torrent. A map of all 30,000 users tied to GPS data is being posted as well.

Given the extreme neglect to secure their data, I now believe Tea will be open to even bigger legal liability possibly criminal even.

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IlikeKitties 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Allegedly, 60GB of photos, user personal information, driver license, gps data being shared on torrent. A map of all 30,000 users tied to GPS data is being posted as well.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the allegedly part, 4chan is dissecting that torrent as we speak, it's quite the party.

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wosined 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Let's be real you wrote men/women only to be PC. You really meant small group of men.

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phkahler 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

>> Let's be real you wrote men/women only to be PC. You really meant small group of men.

Let me share a message I got from a woman I met a couple years ago on a dating site: "Just a side note about the dating thing on here. I get very annoyed with how horribly men take care of themselves or even try to communicate. Most men today on these sites are repulsive. It was refreshing to see you smile, and look nice. Thank you for that."

So it's not a bunch of red-pill alpha guys. I'm an average guy with basic manners and a lack of creepiness. Heck I was near my all time high weight at the time. Every single woman on those things has at least one story about a guy she met that will make you cringe from his behavior. My fav was the guy who sent a woman flowers before even meeting her - at her workplace! Dude the cyberstalking you need to do to pull that off is CREEPY AF - not romantic.

If you want to be in that top 10 percent of men the bar is incredibly low.

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packetlost 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, it really does apply to both. Women who are not dating or are in a stable relationship won't use that app.

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jjangkke 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

People with stable values and relationships most likely won't be on these apps. The wide acceptance of hookup culture via apps is not universal.

In some cultures, mentioning dating apps will immediately lead to negative assumptions and connections are done through vetted networks and specific establishments where "hunting" activity is allowed, some with even more boundary pushing that would be impossible in Western culture.

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		>In some cultures, mentioning dating apps will immediately lead to negative assumptions Hell, that's the case in my culture, and I'm a modern American. These dating apps seem to be a consequence of modern urban disfunction, and I can't imagine ever using one. Or admitting without shame that I did. Now, that's my feeling, but I realize that others have different feelings, depending on which subcultures you're immersed in.
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		Not sure about what "some cultures" you're talking about, but AFAIK "dating apps" is the #1 answer (or at least in the top 3) to "how did you meet your partner" in many countries. They're not just for hookups. Many even market themselves as being for committed relationships, or have features to facilitate that (eg. filters).

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arrowsmith 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes but for the women who are on the app, the distribution of dates is much less skewed. (I assume.)

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		Oh yeah, my whole point was the a selection bias.

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