Twitter Says It “Accidentally” Shared iPhone Location Data with Unnamed Partner

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Twitter has recently acknowledged a very convenient bug that allowed the company to collect the location of iPhone users and then share it with an unnamed partner.
 
Twitter says the problem was discovered on devices where more than a single account was configured. If users enabled the location services for one specific account, Twitter actually collected the data for all accounts configured on the device.
 
The company says this data was shared with a “trusted advertising partner,” which typically uses such data to display more relevant ads to users.
Twitter says it implemented a feature that partially resolved the issue before releasing a full fix.
 
“We had implemented technical measures to “fuzz” the data shared so that it was no more precise than zip code or city (5km squared). This location data could not be used to determine an address or to map your precise movements,” it says in a statement.

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