Posted by jpluimers on 2023/04/11
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/10/twitter-circle-bug-not-private/
Ian found out the hard way:
I made a Twitter Circle with one person in it and posted this tweet for science. This was the result. Two people I don't follow saw the tweet & liked it. One of those people doesn't follow me either.
— Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@IanColdwater) April 10, 2023
Twitter Circles aren't private. Don't post anything you want private in them. pic.twitter.com/p5uzlmIkuJ
Curious to see what GDPR implications this has and how it relates to the up to EUR ~30 billion fine risk twitter has in Germany for not really moderating hate speech reports:
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1645276980730896385
Related:
The Circles leak is a clear case of a privacy leak.
— Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz) April 11, 2023
There's also this interesting case of blocking not working: you can no longer expect that if you block someone, they will not see your tweets.
This is now how any responsible social network is run.https://t.co/FJb9bHuP0U
Via
Here's a whole article about it https://t.co/BOFcUjmrRj
— Ian Coldwater 📦💥 (@IanColdwater) April 10, 2023
––jeroen
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