{"id":13975,"date":"2019-01-17T20:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T20:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/twitter-bug-revealed-some-android-users-private-tweets.html"},"modified":"2019-01-17T20:51:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T20:51:48","slug":"twitter-bug-revealed-some-android-users-private-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/twitter-bug-revealed-some-android-users-private-tweets.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter bug revealed some Android users\u2019 private tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter <\/a> accidentally revealed some users\u2019 \u201cprotected\u201d (aka, private) tweets, the company disclosed<\/a> this afternoon. The \u201cProtect your Tweets\u201d setting<\/a>\u00a0typically allows people to use Twitter in a non-public fashion. These users get to approve who can follow them and who can view their content. For some Android users over a period of several years, that may not have been the case \u2013 their tweets were actually made public as a result\u00a0 of this bug.<\/p>\n

The company says that the issue impacted Twitter for Android users who made certain account changes while the \u201cProtect your Tweets\u201d option was turned on.<\/p>\n

For example, if the user had changed their account email address, the \u201cProtect your Tweets\u201d setting was disabled.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve become aware of and fixed an issue where the \u201cProtect your Tweets\u201d setting was disabled on Twitter for Android. Those affected have been alerted and we\u2019ve turned the setting back on for them. More here: https:\/\/t.co\/0qM5B1S393<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 17, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Twitter tells TechCrunch that\u2019s just one example of an account change that could have prompted the issue. We asked for other examples, but the company declined share any specifics.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s fairly shocking is how long this issue has been happening. <\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter says that users may have been impacted by the problem if they made these accounts changes between\u00a0<\/span>November 3, 2014, and January 14, 2019 \u2013 the day the bug was fixed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The company has now informed those who were affected by the issue, and has re-enabled the \u201cProtect your Tweets\u201d setting if it had been disabled on those accounts. But Twitter says it\u2019s making a public announcement because it \u201ccan\u2019t confirm every account that may have been impacted.\u201d (!!!)<\/p>\n

The company explains to us it was only able to notify those people where it was able to confirm the account was impacted, but says it doesn\u2019t have a complete list of impacted accounts. For that reason, it\u2019s unable to offer an estimate of how many Twitter for Android users were affected in total.<\/p>\n

This is a sizable mistake on Twitter\u2019s part, as it essentially made content that users had explicitly indicated they wanted private available to the public. It\u2019s unclear at this time if the issue will result in a GDPR violation and fine, as a result.<\/p>\n

The one bright spot is that some of the impacted users may have noticed their account had become public because they would have received alerts \u2013 like notifications that people were following them without their direct consent. That could have prompted the user to re-enable the \u201cprotect tweets\u201d setting on their own. But they may have chalked up the issue to user error or a small glitch, not realizing it was a system-wide bug.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize and appreciate the trust you place in us, and are committed to earning that trust every day,\u201d wrote Twitter in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re very sorry this happened and we\u2019re conducting a full review to help prevent this from happening again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company says it believes the issue is now fully resolved.<\/p>\n

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