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DMCA subpoena seeks extraordinary amount of personal data from Twitter users
- Terretta 3y agoThe specific personal information requested in the subpoena includes: - All direct messages exchanged between two particular Twitter X users (@brookejlacey, @peabeeandjelly) since May 1, 2023. - Full names, email/physical addresses, dates of birth, gender, occupations, and photographs. - All past and current usernames, along with dates of changes. - Profile creation dates and times, and associated IP addresses. - All IP address-containing logs with dates, times, and physical locations. - All direct messages sent and received by the users since May 1, 2023. - Details of websites or other links in users’ biographies. - All tweets and images posted by these users. - All IMEI numbers collected from the users’ phones. - User data collected from any website posted to the users’ biographies. - Information about accounts linked to the users’ IP addresses or IMEIs. - Users’ billing information. - Details about other apps downloaded to their mobile phones. The list is unusually exhaustive, seeking Twitter's comprehensive digital footprint of a user typically reserved for informing advertising.