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In August, it was reported an app for men called "TeaOnHer" was leaking user data (IDs, email, usernames) in the same vein as Tea, with a publicly exposed API. <ref name="TC-TOH">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/teaonher-anonymous-tea-app-rises-apple-store-faces-security-issues-2025-8|title=There's a new 'Tea' app going viral. This time, it's for men to post anonymously about women.|first=Sydney|last=Bradley|date=2025-08-05|work=Business Insider|access-date=2025-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811140752/https://www.businessinsider.com/teaonher-anonymous-tea-app-rises-apple-store-faces-security-issues-2025-8|archive-date=2025-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> A second vulnerability was in the form of the owner, Xavier Lampkin's exposed plaintext credentials.<ref name="TC-TOH" /> The app had a "guest" view option, with a majority of the posts being of nude women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/|title=TeaOnHer, a rival Tea app for men, is leaking users’ personal data and driver’s licenses|first1=Amanda|last1=Silberling|first2=Zack|last2=Whittaker|date=2025-08-06|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2025-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811141340/https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/|archive-date=2025-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> | In August, it was reported an app for men called "TeaOnHer" was leaking user data (IDs, email, usernames) in the same vein as Tea, with a publicly exposed API. <ref name="TC-TOH">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/teaonher-anonymous-tea-app-rises-apple-store-faces-security-issues-2025-8|title=There's a new 'Tea' app going viral. This time, it's for men to post anonymously about women.|first=Sydney|last=Bradley|date=2025-08-05|work=Business Insider|access-date=2025-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811140752/https://www.businessinsider.com/teaonher-anonymous-tea-app-rises-apple-store-faces-security-issues-2025-8|archive-date=2025-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> A second vulnerability was in the form of the owner, Xavier Lampkin's exposed plaintext credentials.<ref name="TC-TOH" /> The app had a "guest" view option, with a majority of the posts being of nude women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/|title=TeaOnHer, a rival Tea app for men, is leaking users’ personal data and driver’s licenses|first1=Amanda|last1=Silberling|first2=Zack|last2=Whittaker|date=2025-08-06|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2025-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811141340/https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/|archive-date=2025-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
On October 22, 2025, Tea Dating Advice and TeaOnHer were removed from the [[App Store]] because they "failed to meet Apple’s requirements around content moderation and user privacy", specifically guidelines 1.2, 5.1.2, and 5.6.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/apple-confirms-it-pulled-controversial-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store/|title=Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store|first=Sarah|last=Perez|date=2022-10-22|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2025-10-23}}</ref> On one of their [[Instagram]] posts, the company replied to a user stating "the app is temporarily unavailable on the app store" and "thank you so much for your patience while we work to get this resolved".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/theteapartygirls/reel/DQIpdRokRwk/?hl=en|[email protected] is our spirit animal👯💜🫖 #loveisblind|date=2025-10-22|work=Instagram|author=@theteapartygirls|quote=Hi 💜 The app is temporarily unavailable on the App Store. Thank you so much for your patience while we work to get this resolved...we're so happy you're here 🫖}}</ref> | On October 22, 2025, Tea Dating Advice and TeaOnHer were removed from the [[App Store]] because they "failed to meet Apple’s requirements around content moderation and user privacy", specifically guidelines 1.2, 5.1.2, and 5.6.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/apple-confirms-it-pulled-controversial-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store/|title=Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store|first=Sarah|last=Perez|date=2022-10-22|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2025-10-23 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260114084429/https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/apple-confirms-it-pulled-controversial-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store/ |archive-date=14 Jan 2026}}</ref> On one of their [[Instagram]] posts, the company replied to a user stating "the app is temporarily unavailable on the app store" and "thank you so much for your patience while we work to get this resolved".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/theteapartygirls/reel/DQIpdRokRwk/?hl=en|[email protected] is our spirit animal👯💜🫖 #loveisblind|date=2025-10-22|work=Instagram|author=@theteapartygirls|quote=Hi 💜 The app is temporarily unavailable on the App Store. Thank you so much for your patience while we work to get this resolved...we're so happy you're here 🫖}}</ref> | ||
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