Twitter Bug Exposed Some Android Users' Protected Tweets For Years

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.

Front Page

[grep -v '.*' *]

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.

Privacy and social media?

[AHuxley]

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

There is no privacy on the internet

[Local ID10T]

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).

First rule of Twitter

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't use the 1st-party client.

Re:

[mrbester]

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

Friend Face

[johnsie]

I only use friend face

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