themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-square91fedilinkarrow-up1618arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1607arrow-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-22 days agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-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-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day agoThey wouldn’t see what sites you give the tokens to — unless those sites choose to phone home, for some reason. You log in to the government site You ask for a token to prove your age/gender/whatever You copy the token You go to the age/gender-restricted site You provide the token The restricted site asks the government site how to verify any arbitrary token (but doesn’t mention your specific token) The restricted site verifies the token
They wouldn’t see what sites you give the tokens to — unless those sites choose to phone home, for some reason.