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404 Media has been on top of the privacy nightmare of Tea, an app that sought to make dating safer for women by sharing “red flags” but has instead been a leaky source of its users’ personal data. A new investigation by 404’s Emanuel Maiberg goes behind the scenes how the app tried to hijack the Are We Dating the Same Guy? Facebook group to goose its community numbers.

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