Twitter’s new Tip Jar feature, which lets you send money to your favorite Twitter users, is nice, but it also has a glaring privacy issue which you should be aware of.
Security researcher Rachel Tobac has noticed that tipping someone via the Tip Jar might reveal your home address to that person, which is a potentially dangerous privacy problem (not to mention that it’s completely unnecessary in most cases).
It doesn’t happen in all instances. Tip Jar lets you choose a payment provider before you “tip” a Twitter user, and if you choose PayPal, the receiver will see your home address when they receive the tip. Read more…
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