Smashing Security podcast #428: Red flags, leaked chats, and a final 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 and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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

Smashing Security #428:
Red flags, leaked chats, and a final farewell

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Hosts:

Graham Cluley:

 @grahamcluley.com
 @[email protected]

Carole Theriault:

 @caroletheriault

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)
• Support us on Patreon!

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