Twitter has failed to expose private accounts on Android When an account is in private mode, it only displays the content intended for users who have been allowed to become subscribers.

Twitter identified a flaw that made public tweets defined as private. The failure allowed anyone to read the messages.

In a statement, the social network Twitter stated that he had solved the problem on January 14 and that it had occurred as of November 30, 2014.

The violation affected Android users who had changed account settings while editing. The "Protect your tweets" feature is enabled – Web and iOS users are not affected.

In the post, Twitter said that whoever had changed the e-mail address in the application with the option "Protect your tweets" was exposed, but did not provide more specific examples of configuration changes at the root of the problem.

said that he did not know the total number of accounts affected and that he was therefore making a public statement about it. According to the company, the users it could identify as victims were reported. In these accounts, the option "Protect your tweets" has been activated automatically, inform "Estadão".