themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month 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-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down18file-text
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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-squareArmand1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down10·1 month agoThe drivers license thing is likely due to a law passed by the UK a few days ago requires all mature content to be behind an age check. And not a “Are you 18: Yes / No”, more like “we will check using ID and photos of you”. It’s the most hated piece of legislation in a while, with already 100 000 petition votes in 3 days to repeal it.
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAlmost 250k petition votes now, 150k more votes in the past day alone.
minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOh, so they started requiring that in the last couple days?
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The drivers license thing is likely due to a law passed by the UK a few days ago requires all mature content to be behind an age check. And not a “Are you 18: Yes / No”, more like “we will check using ID and photos of you”.
It’s the most hated piece of legislation in a while, with already 100 000 petition votes in 3 days to repeal it.
Almost 250k petition votes now, 150k more votes in the past day alone.
Oh, so they started requiring that in the last couple days?