Twitter has finally admitted a “security incident” caused some users’ semi-private Twitter Circle tweets to show up on others’ timelines.
Some of these tweeters took to — where else — Twitter to share an email they received this weekend.
“In April 2023, a security incident that may have allowed users outside of your Twitter Circle to see tweets that should have otherwise been limited to the Circle to which you were posting,” the email stated. “The issue was identified by our security team and immediately fixed so that these tweets were no longer visible outside of your Circle.”
The email, however, didn’t say why it took the Elon Musk-run biz nearly a month to notify users about the privacy breach — weeks after users started reporting problems with the platform sharing their tweets with the public instead of only family and friends belonging to their Circle.
Circle is supposed to be a more private messaging service, so some of these tweets that were unintentionally shared in April included NSFW pics.
As the social network explains on its “About Twitter Circle” page: “You choose who’s in your Twitter Circle, and only the individuals you’ve added can reply to and interact with the Tweets you share in the circle.”
Until it breaks, as is often the case under the Twitter 2.0 leadership, which has slashed the microblogging site’s staff in ongoing attempts to cut costs.
We’d love to know more about the April security incident — such as what
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