Dear @venmo,
It’s Mozilla (again). We want to talk about privacy (again). [Thread]
In July 2018, one of our fellows revealed just how much personal information is up for grabs on your app:
publicbydefault.fyi
“Venmo: how the payment app exposes our private lives,” wrote @guardian, in response.
theguardian.com/world/2018/jul…
Then, in September 2018, we delivered a stack of petition signatures to your headquarters. 25,000 people urged you to make transactions private by default:
blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/09/2…
Polling by @Ipsos revealed that a majority of internet users agree with that concept:
77% of respondents said payment apps should *not* make transaction details public by default.
ipsos.com/en-us/news-pol…
Meanwhile, researchers continue to reveal how exposed Venmo users can be: wired.com/story/i-scrape…
And, our friends at @EFF have urged you to give users privacy controls over their friend list: fixitalready.eff.org/venmo/#/
So today, Mozilla and @EFF are sending a public letter to Dan Schulman and Bill Ready, CEO and COO of @PayPal, which owns @venmo.
Read the full letter: foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/venmo-…
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