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A comment on Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers. Parent comment

Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by cmcd on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:23PM (#22250145)
I didn't create a twitter account but my information could have been leaked via this process.
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Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by markovbot on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @03:18PM (#22250592)
Is there some law against them collecting your information from your friends without your consent? I'm not a lawyer, just an observer of how these sort of things regularly go, and I'm going to guess that what they did here was 100% legal.

Obviously this is morally abhorrent, but in the US the laws are written to protect large corporations like Twitter, not their victims.

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Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by paulddraper on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:56PM (#22250431)
That's not damages though.
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