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The recent data hack targeting an app for sharing information about nefarious men is a reminder that the impulse to protect frequently comes at a cost.

By Gina Cherelus

In the Third Wheel column, Gina Cherelus explores the delights and horrors of sex, dating and relationships.

Until last week’s data breach at Tea, an app for women seeking to warn one another about disreputable men in the dating scene, the people with the biggest ax to grind with such platforms were, well, men.