10. “I met a guy about my age (22 back then) on Reddit. I had never seriously dated anyone at this point, but he told me he wanted to meet me. Initially, he wanted me to fly to him. He was from a rich family and lived in a very nice countryside mansion that he’d shown me when we used …
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TikTok is giving users new ways to interact with others via direct messages (DMs), the company told TechCrunch on Friday. Users will now be able to send voice notes and share up to nine images or videos in one-to-one and group chats on the platform. With these new features, TikTok is positioning itself as more than just an entertainment platform, …
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Earlier this year, we saw an Apple Music tool intended to make it easier to switch from Spotify, and that tool is now available in more countries, including the US. But wait! Are you sure you really want to do that when Spotify has just rolled out its very latest feature? Direct messages … First seen in beta last year, …
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Spotify is introducing a direct messaging feature that allows users to share music, podcast, and audiobook recommendations with each other without leaving the app. Messages is rolling out in “select markets” this week, according to Spotify’s press release, and will be available on mobile devices for Free and Premium users aged 16 years and older. The messaging feature can be …
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Tea, the viral women’s dating safety app, has turned off direct messages after 404 Media revealed that a vulnerability allowed unauthorized parties to gain access to users’ direct messages, including many in which women discussed their abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers they sent to one another. Kasra Rahjerdi, the independent security researcher who first flagged the issue to 404 …
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Last week, the dating safety app Tea experienced a data breach, exposing 72,000 sensitive images containing selfies and photo IDs for account verification, as well as images from posts and messages. The personal data was reportedly shared by users on 4chan. As now reported by 404 Media, a second security issue exposed more user data, prompting the app to disable …
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A second, major security issue with women’s dating safety app Tea has exposed much more user data than the first breach we first reported last week, with an independent security researcher now finding it was possible for hackers to access messages between users discussing abortions, cheating partners, and phone numbers they sent to one another. Despite Tea’s initial statement that …
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Paulo Costa needs a win Saturday if hopes to make an important callout. The one-time middleweight title challenger faces Roman Kopylov on Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 318 in New Orleans and he enters the bout with plenty of motivation. Not only is he mired in a 1-4 slump, Costa is already looking ahead to a fight with …
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