Is Twitter Ignoring An Email Notification Security Threat?

Do you like receiving emails from Twitter?

Some of their emails come in handy. Like learning about new features, for example, or finding out right away when someone mentions you or retweets/favorites your tweets.

But some aren’t so handy – and we just learned that one is downright dangerous.

ZD Net is reporting a Twitter notification email that you may want to reconsider receiving from now on (or at least until this vulnerability is fixed): It’s the “email me when I’m followed by someone new” feature.

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