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Title: There's a Tea app for men, and it also has security problems

Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:44:35 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/theres...

Tea bills itself as a safety dating app for women, allowing users to
anonymously share details about men they have met. A new app called TeaOnHer
has emerged that attempts to flip the script, with men sharing information
about women they date. And while Tea drew scrutiny last month after a data
breach revealed user information, including potentially identifying details
such as phone numbers and personal anecdotes, the copycat app seems to be
suffering from the same problem.

TechCrunch discovered several security issues at TeaOnHer, which is currently
second most popular lifestyle app on iOS. (Tea is the current leader despite
the issues). The publication reported that it identified a security flaw that
allowed anyone to access TeaOnHer user data, including usernames, email
addresses, uploaded driver's licenses and selfies. It also found a possible
second issue where the email address and plaintext password for Xavier
Lampkin, founder and CEO of the app's developer, was left exposed. These
credentials appear to offer access to TeaOnHer's admin panel, which is
another security risk.

The full report at TechCrunch also raises concerns about the content shared
on the app, which included spam posts with nude photos of women. It's unclear
how many of the roughly 53,000 users for TeaOnHer might be bots, or whether
the app was ever meant to be used seriously; chunks of its description in the
iOS store use near-identical language to Tea's listing.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/theres...
has-security-problems-224435459.html?src=rss

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