W Social Makes Verified Users’ Personal Details Visible on the Open Web – Pixel Envy
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A journalist found nationality and names of thousands of users of W Social open on the Internet. The platform refers to the public AT Protocol.
W Social Makes Verified Users’ Personal Details Visible on the Open Web – Pixel Envy
Elena Rossini: W Social is a European social media company that launched in Davos earlier this year, during the World Economic Forum. I have written a series of articles about them; […] […] I wonder: are W Social verified users aware that their personal details (first name, last name, nationality and approx. birthday) are being shared OUTSIDE of W Social and published as a permanent record on the web, in plain text? This has to be in violation …
The social network W Social wants to distinguish itself from the competition with a verification of all accounts. That some collected data are public is not a mistake.
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