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Re:A Twitter app bug was used to match 17M phone numbers to ... by throwiay987 on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @01:34PM (#21873968)
was the account you created with your personal information? because if you create a throwaway it will be flagged immediately, but if you use the image of a friend for example, you can continue for a couple of hours before getting flagged
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Re:A Twitter app bug was used to match 17M phone numbers to ... by kick on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @02:12PM (#21874239)
It had no personal information whatsoever, and the profile picture was of static noise.
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