Comments on: Privacy Disaster At Twitter: Direct Messages Exposed (Update: GroupTweet Is Likely Culprit)

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:11:25 +0000

Hi, am also finding that all the DM’s sent TO me are appearing in the public feed… not ones FROM me… Never heard of grouptweet let alone used it… what else might be causing this?? Any ideas

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Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:57:26 +0000

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By: joyce bone

joyce bone — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:18:20 +0000

My twitter site millionairemoms has this bug. How annoying!!!

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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:21:54 +0000

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