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The whole announcement reeks of "Stop hitting yourself!" What scum. They had lots of chances to fix this, the first one being not collecting phone numbers in t
by myself248 4y ago
The whole announcement reeks of "Stop hitting yourself!"
What scum. They had lots of chances to fix this, the first one being not collecting phone numbers in the first place. They chose to do that, and then they didn't adequately protect it, and now they're oh so very surprised that someone might be doxing their most vulnerable users.
If anyone is harmed by this, Twitter should be held liable.
- hackernewds 4y agodidn't actually not just protect the phone numbers. They actively used it illegally to market services outside of the purpose for which the numbers were gathered https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/25/23141968/ftc-doj-twitter-settlement-phone-number-security-ad-targeting https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/25/23141968/ftc-doj-twitter-...
- EGreg 4y agoIt's not just Twitter. It happens every few months. The problem is centralized sites having "real name policies", requiring you to put your phone number and other crap: https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/25/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-industry-where-this-regularly-happens/ https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/25/no-way-to-prevent-this-says...