“DRIVERS LICENSES AND FACE PICS! GET THE FUCK IN HERE BEFORE THEY SHUT IT DOWN!” the thread read before being deleted.

Users from 4chan claim to have discovered an exposed database hosted on Google’s mobile app development platform, Firebase, belonging to the newly popular women’s dating safety app Tea. Users say they are rifling through peoples’ personal data and selfies uploaded to the app, and then posting that data online, according to screenshots, 4chan posts, and code reviewed by 404 Media.

  • ByteOnBikesOPEnglish
    5•5 days ago

    I honestly don’t understand what op is talking about.

    Leaks happen all the time, even in billion dollar companies.

    Their comment is the equivalent like, “This is why you should lock your doors!” Like uh okay.

    • @[email protected]English
      22•4 days ago

      This situation would have been easily preventable with basic understanding of what they’re doing is what OP is saying. This leak is not something highly complex, it is painfully stupid on the side of the developers.

      There’s a difference between a hack, where data is exposed, compared to data exposure due to negligence or ignorance on the development side.

      • @[email protected]English
        6•4 days ago

        Again, how should the end use know anything about what is going on at their end? How does anyone “vett” that? It is a nonsense “argument” to put blame on the users.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•4 days ago

          Where I’m from there’s certificates a company can get, that confirm a certain level of process and IT security. Also a company existing for at least 5-10 years without incidents is a “vetted” company in my books. At least anything that managed to produce a working IT system before 2021 when AI came around.

          I also believe there’s a bit of bad wording going on with the original comment. Take it up with that guy, lol.

    • Tlaloc_TemporalEnglish
      13•4 days ago

      This was more like leaving all your valuables in a cardboard box on your front lawn. Anyone can just take it, if they care to look inside the complete unsecured box.

      Someone just drove up and tossed the box in their truck. No lock involved.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•4 days ago

      I love how people just jump on whatever they like, instead of actually thinking about the stuff they read/comment on/upvote. Exactly like on Reddit, no difference.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•3 days ago

          The thing is that many here think they are better, they look down on Reddit. There is a certain shift in what demographic switched over but generally it is the same.