Twitter for Android exposes the private tweets of some users
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Twitter for Android has fixed a bug that has been affecting the system since 2014. It's not surprising that a service, social network, or application has certain security flaws that go unnoticed for so long. The danger is that this one in particular made public the private tweets of some users who made changes to their personal information in their account. The bug or failure is fixed as of January 14, 2019
This bug was responsible for disabling the Protect your tweets feature when certain changes to account settings The problem is that the process is completely involuntary for the user, without any notice of the publication of these messages that, in theory, should remain private. Apparently, if as a Twitter user on Android with some protected tweets, updates such as email information were made between the dates of November 3, 2014 and January 14, 2019, the feature would be disabled. And public messages for people.
According to Twitter the problem has already been fixed and users who may have been exposed have been notified So check your email for know if some of your messages made private have been exposed.Of course, Twitter has also been in charge of activating again the function Protect your tweets to all those users who have been affected by the failure. Of course, without warning, some users will have left those tweets exposed for some time without realizing it, just by changing the email on their Twitter account.
Protecting your tweets
The function Protect your tweets is a tool that helps make your social network private. When turned on, only current followers and people (accounts) who are approved from then on can see your tweets or messages. It's a way to make your account private so that only the people you love can see the messages you post on Twitter.
To activate it, all you have to do is click on your profile photo to display the general Twitter menu.Here, click on Settings and Privacy, and then in the section Privacy and security Inside you can find the function to activate and deactivate it at will. Apparently, there are no security problems that leave these messages exposed without your consent.
