themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days ago"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION]lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1image"Tea" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION]lemmy.dbzer0.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
Remember the UK new safety law. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/reddit-rolls-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-to-comply-with-new-rules/ https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/
minus-squarehcbxzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoeasy to say, but that depends entirely on the government and company doesn’t it?
minus-squareMistic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-222 days agoAny government already has all of that information, so, no. By giving it to a company, you just increase the risks of info leakage.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoAs always life is complicated. I am talking about my personal situation. ^(Do I really need to put a disclaimer to all posts, that mentions all comments are from my own view and might no apply to every situation in every country?)
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easy to say, but that depends entirely on the government and company doesn’t it?
Any government already has all of that information, so, no.
By giving it to a company, you just increase the risks of info leakage.
As always life is complicated.
I am talking about my personal situation.
^(Do I really need to put a disclaimer to all posts, that mentions all comments are from my own view and might no apply to every situation in every country?)