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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 mlindner on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:13PM (#22253374)
Twitter has never asked to access my contacts before. Where are you seeing this?
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Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by numpad0 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:52AM (#22253734)
I think they’re selecting target demographic to do this, because for e.g. Japanese it means having Twitter account associated with their real names means they’ll be laughed at from everyone close to(maybe 25% literal) death. Same for follow suggestions based on IP.
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