Origins, Growth, and a Fond Farewell

The viral women-only dating safety app Tea, built to flag red flags, gets flagged itself - after leaking over 70,000 private images and chat logs. We are talking full-on selfies, ID docs, private DMs, and a dash of 4chan creepiness. Yikes.

Plus, Carole takes us down memory lane as she hangs up her co-host mic after 428 glorious episodes. Expect tea, tears, and Tom Lehrer.

All this is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Update regarding cybersecurity incident - Tea.
• Hackers steal images from women's dating safety app that vets men - BBC News.
• A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating - 404 Media.
• American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97 - BBC News.
• Tom Lehrer website.
• Tom Lehrer sings The Elements, live in Copenhagen, 1967 - YouTube.
• Tom Lehrer sings “New Math” (animated) - YouTube.
• Carole’s Substack.
• Libby - Library app.
• Shokz UK.
• Two Birds Yoga - YouTube.
• Thermapen.
• BBC Sounds.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.