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   Mike Powell to All   
   AI wingman app leaks 160,   
   16 Jul 25 10:18:45   
   
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   AI wingman app leaks 160,000 screenshots of private chats - here's what we   
   know   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:39:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Flirty chats have been exposed after leak at AI dating advice chatbot.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Its hard to imagine a more mortifyingly embarrassing scenario than your own   
   private flirty chats being exposed online, except, perhaps, being caught   
   sending these messages off for analysis by an AI app.    
      
   Researchers at Cybernews have discovered a breach at "FlirtAI - Get Rizz &   
   Dates" (yes, that is really what its called) which has leaked over 160,000   
   chat screenshots from users through an unprotected cloud storage bucket.    
      
   Users of this app feed screenshots of their private conversations into the   
   application to get tailored responses designed to help the user flirt or   
   escalate the conversation.    
      
   More than just embarrassing   
      
   Unsurprisingly, but worryingly nonetheless, this app seems to have been   
   primarily used by teenagers.    
      
   Because of the configuration of the app, those primarily at risk are not    
   those who have sent the chats in, but the person theyre talking to -   
   presumably other teenagers who are completely unaware that their conversation   
   has been leaked, and probably unaware that this app even exists.    
      
   Whilst weve seen more dangerous personal data leaked by other AI chatbots    
   like SSNs and financial information, the nature of this chatbot and its user   
   base represents a different kind of harm.    
      
   As an adult, Im not sure how well Id cope with my private chats being exposed   
   online, so for an already vulnerable teenager this could be devastating.    
      
   The fact that teenagers used this app may increase the severity of a    
   potential data breach as data from minors is considered more sensitive, and   
   could be subject to more restrictions regarding potential data uses and   
   collection and processing practices," Cybernews researchers confirmed.    
      
   The app does state that users are only allowed to upload a screenshot when    
   you have obtained the necessary approvals from all users/humans and their   
   information mentioned in the screenshot.    
      
   But, since this would negate the point of the chatbot, it seems pretty   
   unlikely that this is followed.    
      
   Those exposed in this breach could be at a heightened risk of social   
   engineering attacks like phishing or, given that the app encourages users to   
   share their target's dating profile, there could be a risk of impersonation   
   attacks.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/ai-dating-advice-chatbot-leaks-160k-scr   
   eenshots-of-private-chats   
      
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