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This isn't the first time Twitter users' PII is on for sale [0]. I think it's legitimate to badmouth this company because—other than their popularity—there's no
by 0x_rs 4y ago
This isn't the first time Twitter users' PII is on for sale [0]. I think it's legitimate to badmouth this company because—other than their popularity—there's no redeeming quality but a terrible reputation and a massive toxicity and lack of (real) moderation problem. People who like to dox others will have a lot of fun with this database, regardless. And another point in favor of mandatory phone number based verification for online websites, I wonder how long it'll take for us to get past it, a privacy threat for clueless users and a trivial obstacle for bad actors.
[0]. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/twitter-uninentionally-uses-your-2fa-number-targeted-advertising https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/twitter-uninentionally...
- m-p-3 4y agoWhat's even more terrible is that if Twitter deems one of your tweet breaks their terms of services (even if incorrectly), they'll ask you to provide some PII and delete the tweet, effectively doxxing yourself in case of a security breach.
- blooalien 4y agoFrom screenshots I've seen from some users this has happened to, the "Delete this Tweet" button they offer you in those circumstances comes with a statement attached saying something to the effect of (paraphrased, but not too far off from the actual text) "Deleting this tweet amounts to an admission that it violates our terms of service" or somesuch similar, basically saying that they're incapable of mistakenly flagging a tweet.