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Millions of Venmo transactions scraped in warning over privacy settings

A pc science scholar has scraped seven million Venmo transactions to end up that customers’ public job can nonetheless be simply got, a 12 months after a privacy researcher downloaded masses of thousands and thousands of Venmo transactions in a identical feat. Dan Salmon mentioned he scraped the transactions dur…
A computer science student has scraped seven million Venmo transactions to prove that users’ public activity can still be easily obtained, a year after a privacy researcher downloaded hundreds of millions of Venmo transactions in a similar feat. Dan Salmon said he scraped the transactions dur…

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