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   GeekMomProjects (geekmomprojects@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 04:59:10 JST GeekMomProjects

   A friend was trying to track down a stranger she briefly interacted with. She decided to look for the stranger on Venmo to see if their transactions were public. Not only were those transactions public, but my friend was able to deduce that the stranger has been attending, and has been treasurer for Narcotics Anonymous meetings for a period of time and even the meeting location based on notes in the transaction listings. It's crazy that this information can be so easy to find!

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     James Morris (jmorris@social.kernel.org)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 05:01:03 JST James Morris

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     @geekmomprojects The "public by default" setting for Venmo is puzzling in terms of privacy & security rights. I guess the banks & credit card companies are ok with it?