Twitter circles are supposed to be limited to a group of people that you've put on an allow list. But then some porsals browsing the Twitter feed started to see posts on the for you page. "It's like funny to me that this hasn't gotten more discussion because this is a truly catastrophic privacy breach," he says.
Aric Toler untangles the web of teens, gamers and memes at the heart of the latest intelligence scandal.
Then, an update on Twitter — where things have gone from bad to worse.
Plus: How A.I. is bringing us closer to “Westworld.”
On today’s episode:
Aric Toler is the director of research and training at Bellingcat, the Dutch investigative site. He worked with journalists at The New York Times to identify the man who allegedly leaked top secret documents on Discord, a social media chat platform.
Twitter took steps to block Substack newsletters from circulating on the platform after Substack, a publishing start-up, started a Twitter-like service.