Overview

• The app surged to the top of the U.S. lifestyle charts after a 185% download jump in July and over 900,000 waitlist requests driven by TikTok virality
• It offers crowd-sourced red flag warnings alongside reverse image search, phone verification and criminal background checks to help women vet potential dates
• Developers rolled out screenshot-blocking privacy features and pledged 10% of revenue to U.S. domestic violence helplines
• A security lapse left unencrypted servers vulnerable and allowed hackers to release 72,000 user photos and 13,000 identification documents on 4chan
• The breach has intensified debates over defamation risks, data privacy and the ethical limits of anonymous peer-review platforms