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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 throwiay987 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:51PM (#22250388)
Consider yourself lucky, any account i create without a phone is immediately flagged\blocked and if i do use mine(personal), i get asked to add permissions like the parent said every single time.
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Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by fireattack on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @03:08PM (#22250515)
Account associated with a phone number is totally different from "scan your contacts".
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