The interesting part in this article starts at the paragraph starting with : The biggest name in the Twitter replacement game is Mastodon
The interesting part in this article starts at the paragraph starting with : The biggest name in the Twitter replacement game is Mastodon
@Tempo @serenity Well, ‘Twitter staff can read DMs’ is a bit of an understatement.
“Private” direct messages can be read by any third party app to which you’ve given Twitter #OAuth permission.
https://www.csoonline.com/article/2227500/twitter–who-is-reading-your-dms–there-s-an-app-for-that—.html
#Privacy
The big difference is that when client apps, be it for Twitter or just a regular old e-mail client reads your content - it’s working as intended.
If twitter staff does, they’re not.
Assuming they’re breaking user agreements etc.