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Tea Dating Advice data breach exposes hazards of ID verification

By Maria Dinzeo ( August 6, 2025, 22:58 GMT | Comment) -- Tea Dating Advice, an app that marketed itself as a safe haven for women to share warnings about men, is facing mounting legal and reputational fallout after a July data breach exposed the images and sensitive messages of tens of thousands of users that the company had promised to delete. It also underscores the growing privacy and security risk of apps collecting photos and driver's licenses for identity verification, then failing to adequately protect them.Legal troubles are mounting for Tea Dating Advice, an app that bills itself as a “safe space” for women to anonymously discuss and share information about men they’ve dated, following a July data breach that exposed the identities of some 72,000 users....

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