A Twitter app bug was used to match 17M phone numbers to user accounts

Re:A Twitter app bug was used to match 17M phone numbers to ... by codedokode on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @10:46PM (#21876657)

Also, if Twitter considers your behaviour "suspicious" (or if someone has reported you), it will require a phone number, if I remember correctly.

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Re:A Twitter app bug was used to match 17M phone numbers to ... by Can_Not on Friday December 27, 2019 @01:16AM (#21889577)

Suspicious activities mostly include "not already having an account" and "not having a phone number on file to sell".

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