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Twitter Bug Exposed Some Android Users' Protected Tweets For Years (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the whoopsy-daisy dept.

Twitter disclosed on its Help Center page today that some Android users had their private tweets revealed for years due to a security flaw. "The issue caused the Twitter for Android app to disable the 'Protect your Tweets' setting for some Android users who made changes to their account settings, such as changing the email address associated with their account, between November 3rd, 2014 and January 14th, 2019," reports The Verge. From the report: Though the company says the issue was fixed earlier this week and that iOS or web users weren't affected, it doesn't yet know how many Android accounts were affected. Twitter says it's reached out to affected users and turned the setting back on for them, but it still recommends that users review their privacy settings to make sure it reflects their desired preferences.

13 comments

  1. good job google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    excellent work, obviously apple runs a competent shop

  2. Front Page by grep+-v+'.*'+* · · Score: 1

    If you don't want your data to end up on the front page of the newspaper (remember those?), then don't put it on the internet, or (redundant, but still) anything connected to it.

    --
    If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
  3. Re:Protected TRUMP Speech by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    He just assfucked Pelosi and Schiff, no way I want him cut off. I want the gloating.

  4. Privacy and social media? by AHuxley · · Score: 2

    Expect all social media use to be not private.
    Government and ads like to read along with the users.

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    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  5. First rule of Twitter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Don't use the 1st-party client.

    1. Re: First rule of Twitter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or dont say anything easy to verify as false

    2. Re: First rule of Twitter by mrbester · · Score: 1

      ACGP has a point. The official Twitter app for Android had always been crap, which is why there's lots of alternatives.

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      "Wait. Something's happening. It's opening up! My God, it's full of apricots!"
  6. There is no privacy on the internet by Local+ID10T · · Score: 1

    There is no privacy on the internet.

    If you would be harmed by it being shouted down the hall (at work/home/school/church/etc.) do not post it on the internet (or in an e-mail).

    --
    "You want to know how to help your kids? Leave them the fuck alone." -George Carlin
  7. Twitter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Who the fuck uses Twitter anymore? Everyone uses Gab now.

  8. Re:Protected TRUMP Speech by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    From prison.

  9. Friend Face by johnsie · · Score: 1

    I only use friend face

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