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[td]:::::::I understand that the current version may have NPOV issues, but reliable sources have overwhelmingly focused on the app's negative reception, and it has received criticism across the political spectrum. Feminist scholars and journalists have accused it for fueling gender war dynamics and a way for the (male) creator to get money. Right-wing commentators have similarly been unfriendly. Computer security experts have described the app's policies surrounding privacy and security as awful as horrible, etc.[/td] [td]:::::::I'm free to discuss this. I just don't see anything wrong about the article as is to warrant removing 70% of it. [[User:SickNWristed|SickNWristed]] ([[User talk:SickNWristed|talk]]) 03:25, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]:::::::I'm free to discuss this. I just don't see anything wrong about the article as is to warrant removing 70% of it. [[User:SickNWristed|SickNWristed]] ([[User talk:SickNWristed|talk]]) 03:25, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]Allow me to take the content line by line:[/td] [td]*In July 2025, private messages, other personally identifying information, and approximately 72,000 images (13,000 selfies and photo IDs, and 59,000 images from app posts and direct messages) were leaked via 4chan. - slightly too much detail, trimmed per [[WP:SUMMARY]][/td] [td]*Claims were made that its backend database was completely unsecured and without a password or any form of data encryption. According to both The New York Times and R Street Institute, the leaked data strongly indicated that Tea is actively storing user verification data past their terms of service guidelines. - speculation, trimmed per [[WP:INDISCRIMINATE]][/td] [td]*The app's publishers claimed that the leaked data contains data only from users who signed up before February 2024. - firms are always going to do damage limitation, not sure this adds anything on an encyclopedic level[/td] [td]*CNN reported that the data is expected to be used in facial recognition spoofing, biometric bypassing, fraud/other misrepresentations, and deepfakes. Richard Blech, CEO and co-founder of AI security firm XSOC Corp, told CNN that "There's going to be action on that stolen information. There's no question about it" and that those in the leaks should more thoroughly monitor their credit reports because biometric data "doesn't expire". - more speculation, more WP:INDISCRIMINATE[/td] [td]*An even larger, more significant leak of 1.1 million private messages between Tea's users from February 2023 to July 2025 were also leaked with a separate security vulnerability. These messages included intimate conversations about controversial topics such as adultery and other forms of infidelity on their partners, discussions of abortion, phone numbers, meeting locations, and other confidential communications. - no problems[/td] [td]*On July 28, the app's publishers accepted that the scale of the leaks were much larger than it previously claimed. - more damage limitation[/td] [td]*According to Ted Miracco, CEO of the cybersecurity company Approov, Tea was not following basic cybersecurity practices. - quote adds nothing; trim per WP:SUMMARY[/td] [td]*According to 404 Media: - certainly shouldn't be a quote box, probably doesn't add that much either[/td] [td]*The ability to private message users in the app has been subsequently taken offline. - would reword, but otherwise fine[/td] [td]*The journalist Lindsey Ellefson wrote that regardless of individual's opinions, the fact that "thousands of women's photos and private messages were stored in such an insecure way by Tea that they have been exposed in multiple data breaches [within the last week] is definitely a very bad thing." - adds nothing[/td] [td]*A third major data leak was reported in August 2025. Unlike previous data leaks, it was first reported on by 404 Media, and it is unknown if any black hat extracted information from it. - second half could take revising, but basically sound[/td] [td]*A website called Teaspill created an Elo-based ranking game ("where users could view and rate women whose selfies were among the stolen files") that went viral on social media as part of a broader backlash against the website. - Cites Teaspill itself, which isn't [[WP
UE]], but much of this isn't in the Fox source[/td]
[td]*An interactive, unverified map was also created of those in the files. - no problems[/td]
[td]*404 Media reported that a class action lawsuit had been filed against Tea in the US state of California. - unnecessary given "By 7 August 2025, ten class action lawsuits had been filed." later on (which is itself fine)[/td]
[td]*The plaintiff "seeks to hold the Defendant responsible for the harms it caused and will continue to cause" her and "thousands of other similarity situated persons in the massive and preventable cyberattack". - this should be summarised anyway, but as plaintiffs tend to have a goal, not useful[/td]
[td]*The law firm expected more lawsuits to be filed in the future. - speculation, per above--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">[[User:Launchballer|<u style="color:#00F">Laun</u>]][[User talk:Launchballer|<u style="color:#00F">chba</u>]][[Special:Contribs/Launchballer|<u style="color:#00F">ller</u>]]</span> 12:10, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
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[td]:::::::I understand that the current version may have NPOV issues, but reliable sources have overwhelmingly focused on the app's negative reception, and it has received criticism across the political spectrum. Feminist scholars and journalists have accused it for fueling gender war dynamics and a way for the (male) creator to get money. Right-wing commentators have similarly been unfriendly. Computer security experts have described the app's policies surrounding privacy and security as awful as horrible, etc.[/td]Revision as of 12:10, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]:::::::I understand that the current version may have NPOV issues, but reliable sources have overwhelmingly focused on the app's negative reception, and it has received criticism across the political spectrum. Feminist scholars and journalists have accused it for fueling gender war dynamics and a way for the (male) creator to get money. Right-wing commentators have similarly been unfriendly. Computer security experts have described the app's policies surrounding privacy and security as awful as horrible, etc.[/td] [td]:::::::I'm free to discuss this. I just don't see anything wrong about the article as is to warrant removing 70% of it. [[User:SickNWristed|SickNWristed]] ([[User talk:SickNWristed|talk]]) 03:25, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]:::::::I'm free to discuss this. I just don't see anything wrong about the article as is to warrant removing 70% of it. [[User:SickNWristed|SickNWristed]] ([[User talk:SickNWristed|talk]]) 03:25, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]Allow me to take the content line by line:[/td] [td]*In July 2025, private messages, other personally identifying information, and approximately 72,000 images (13,000 selfies and photo IDs, and 59,000 images from app posts and direct messages) were leaked via 4chan. - slightly too much detail, trimmed per [[WP:SUMMARY]][/td] [td]*Claims were made that its backend database was completely unsecured and without a password or any form of data encryption. According to both The New York Times and R Street Institute, the leaked data strongly indicated that Tea is actively storing user verification data past their terms of service guidelines. - speculation, trimmed per [[WP:INDISCRIMINATE]][/td] [td]*The app's publishers claimed that the leaked data contains data only from users who signed up before February 2024. - firms are always going to do damage limitation, not sure this adds anything on an encyclopedic level[/td] [td]*CNN reported that the data is expected to be used in facial recognition spoofing, biometric bypassing, fraud/other misrepresentations, and deepfakes. Richard Blech, CEO and co-founder of AI security firm XSOC Corp, told CNN that "There's going to be action on that stolen information. There's no question about it" and that those in the leaks should more thoroughly monitor their credit reports because biometric data "doesn't expire". - more speculation, more WP:INDISCRIMINATE[/td] [td]*An even larger, more significant leak of 1.1 million private messages between Tea's users from February 2023 to July 2025 were also leaked with a separate security vulnerability. These messages included intimate conversations about controversial topics such as adultery and other forms of infidelity on their partners, discussions of abortion, phone numbers, meeting locations, and other confidential communications. - no problems[/td] [td]*On July 28, the app's publishers accepted that the scale of the leaks were much larger than it previously claimed. - more damage limitation[/td] [td]*According to Ted Miracco, CEO of the cybersecurity company Approov, Tea was not following basic cybersecurity practices. - quote adds nothing; trim per WP:SUMMARY[/td] [td]*According to 404 Media: - certainly shouldn't be a quote box, probably doesn't add that much either[/td] [td]*The ability to private message users in the app has been subsequently taken offline. - would reword, but otherwise fine[/td] [td]*The journalist Lindsey Ellefson wrote that regardless of individual's opinions, the fact that "thousands of women's photos and private messages were stored in such an insecure way by Tea that they have been exposed in multiple data breaches [within the last week] is definitely a very bad thing." - adds nothing[/td] [td]*A third major data leak was reported in August 2025. Unlike previous data leaks, it was first reported on by 404 Media, and it is unknown if any black hat extracted information from it. - second half could take revising, but basically sound[/td] [td]*A website called Teaspill created an Elo-based ranking game ("where users could view and rate women whose selfies were among the stolen files") that went viral on social media as part of a broader backlash against the website. - Cites Teaspill itself, which isn't [[WP
UE]], but much of this isn't in the Fox source[/td]
[td]*An interactive, unverified map was also created of those in the files. - no problems[/td]
[td]*404 Media reported that a class action lawsuit had been filed against Tea in the US state of California. - unnecessary given "By 7 August 2025, ten class action lawsuits had been filed." later on (which is itself fine)[/td]
[td]*The plaintiff "seeks to hold the Defendant responsible for the harms it caused and will continue to cause" her and "thousands of other similarity situated persons in the massive and preventable cyberattack". - this should be summarised anyway, but as plaintiffs tend to have a goal, not useful[/td]
[td]*The law firm expected more lawsuits to be filed in the future. - speculation, per above--<span style="background:#FF0;font-family:Rockwell Extra Bold">[[User:Launchballer|<u style="color:#00F">Laun</u>]][[User talk:Launchballer|<u style="color:#00F">chba</u>]][[Special:Contribs/Launchballer|<u style="color:#00F">ller</u>]]</span> 12:10, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]Continue reading...
