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A comment on Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years. Parent comment

Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by paulddraper on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:08PM (#18942523)
> at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public

So....what?

I can't do my banking online?

I can't send private correspondence?

I can't file my taxes electronically?

I can't pay my medical bills online?

(Actually all my medical information are put online my insurance co.; I'm pretty sure I can't do anything about that.)

I'm not saying you're wrong; I just don't see how that prudence as leads to any practical conclusions or advice.

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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by TeMPOraL on Saturday January 19, 2019 @06:31AM (#18946483)
It leads to a very practical conclusion: don't be surprised when you find out that some or all of the above data is known by third parties.
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