ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by writer and senior editor
at Playboy Magazine, Magdalene Taylor, to talk about Tea. The app
for women to crowdsource any “red flags” about the men they’re
dating was hacked shortly after it hit #1 on the Apple Lifestyle
app chart. Now, the private information of thousands of women has
been shared across 4Chan and Twitter, all thanks to a platform that
was supposed to keep them safe. But was Tea even a good idea in the
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