X (Twitter), the social network owned by Elon Musk, has confirmed a serious privacy issue that has caused Some users could see likes from other accountsdespite the company making them private for everyone.

As 9to5Mac reports, the social network sent out an email to those affected warning them about the privacy issue. “Team X has received information that some likes may have remained publicly visible.“We have contacted you because your X account may have been affected by this security incident,” the email said.

X (Twitter) describes this in detail The incident occurred in June 2024.just a few weeks after they hid “likes” from everyone. Apparently, it was still possible to see likes from some accounts, despite the promise that they would no longer be displayed in any section. Although the company did not provide more details on this, all indications are that this issue has been resolved.

Currently, when a user accesses a profile, they cannot see the Likes tab that was previously displayed. If you see a post, you also cannot click on the Likes counter to see which people have liked the post.

The Reason Why X (Twitter) Likes Are Private

X (Twitter)

As a reminder, X (Twitter) made private likes an official feature, previously only available to X Premium users, in early June as they stated that “They encourage bad behavior.”and caused many people to dislike things they actually liked, “out of fear of reprisal from trolls or to protect their public image.”

With private likes, users can safely save the posts they like the most without others knowing that they liked them (only the author of the post can know), and in turn, improve your algorithm so that the social network shows them recommended content based on their interests.

However, users can always see the number of likes on a post, and authors, we repeat, can see which people “liked” their message.

Source: Hiper Textual

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