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Twitter’s new Periscope app takes a user privacy hit

Posted on April 1, 2015 by pogowasright.org

Lisa Vaas reports:

Periscope, the live-streaming app that Twitter launched just last Thursday, has already had its first privacy pratfall.

The glitch happens if a user forgets to turn off the Twitter button before broadcasting a private video stream, thereby meaning that the title gets shared with all the user’s followers.

Read more on Naked Security.

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