Twitter: Users report privacy flaw in ‘Wheels’ functionality

The mechanism for creating short contact lists on Twitter is not working as it should. A few posts on the social network, “Twitter Wheel” (“Twitter Circle” from the English original) has serious privacy flaws.

The resource has been around since 2022 and works as a limited contact group, you can tweet targeted tweets – anything Next to Instagram “Best Friends”.

However, as stated on the website TechCrunchUsers who used this feature a few days ago noticed that: people not on the list (or even if they don’t follow the account that made the tweet) can read and interact with the post supposedly limited.

god damn this is bad pic.twitter.com/mjQDcHmUB0

— Theo – t3.gg (@t3dotgg) April 8, 2023

Worse yet, tweets that should be limited to one Wheel It even appears in the “For You” tabTwitter timeline that collects suggested posts, including those you don’t know.

therefore recommend Use the Twitter Wheel sparingly This be mindful of the type of information you post there, because the content will not be limited to your close contacts.

internal problems

Complaints about Twitter Wheel working erratically they’ve been here for a few weeksbut only now the situation seems to have deteriorated enough to compromise the privacy of the content.

Since being acquired by Elon Musk in October 2022, Twitter has been experiencing more and more instability in operation. The wave of layoffs by the current CEO, including developers, has increased the deadline for fixing flaws like this. In addition, the company does not respond to requests from the press via email, instead sending excrement emoji as an automatic response.