Twitter Accidentally Reveals Private Tweets of Android Users

A Twitter bug has prevented the Protect Your Tweets setting from working as intended for some Android users.What is particularly notable about this bug is that it has been impacting users over a period of several years.The company disclosed that the bug began affecting users on November 3, 2014. It wasn’t fixed until January 14, 2019. According to Twitter’s announcement, the “Protect your Tweets” setting was disabled for some Android users if certain account changes were made, such as changing the email address associated with the account.