There's A Tea App For Men, And It Also Has Security Problems

Tea bills itself arsenic a information making love app for women, allowing users to anonymously stock specifications astir men they person met. A caller app called TeaOnHer has emerged that attempts to flip nan script, pinch men sharing accusation astir women they date. And while Tea drew scrutiny past period aft a information breach revealed personification information, including perchance identifying specifications specified arsenic telephone numbers and individual anecdotes, nan copycat app seems to beryllium suffering from nan aforesaid problem.

TechCrunch discovered respective information issues astatine TeaOnHer, which is presently 2nd astir celebrated manner app connected iOS. (Tea is nan existent leader contempt nan issues). The publication reported that it identified a information flaw that allowed anyone to entree TeaOnHer personification data, including usernames, email addresses, uploaded driver's licenses and selfies. It besides recovered a imaginable 2nd rumor wherever nan email reside and plaintext password for Xavier Lampkin, laminitis and CEO of nan app's developer, was near exposed. These credentials look to connection entree to TeaOnHer's admin panel, which is different information risk.

The afloat study astatine TechCrunch besides raises concerns astir nan contented shared connected nan app, which included spam posts pinch nude photos of women. It's unclear really galore of nan astir 53,000 users for TeaOnHer mightiness beryllium bots, aliases whether nan app was ever meant to beryllium utilized seriously; chunks of its explanation successful nan iOS shop usage near-identical connection to Tea's listing.