Thread by @VictorBaissait

Very Important ! don't hesitate to share it
A translation of my thread about #RoundYearFun & his game "My Twitter Family". If you use the Twitter app remove it now. This app is dangerous, it was known to be linked to malware in 2018 & make you follow people. I'm gonna explain why

In January of this year, I saw a lot of people using an app of Twitter to find their valentine. So I was curious to know & Googled the name of this app and I found this article saying the Twitter's account of app was banned several times for Twitter

geoffgolberg.medium.com/twitters-negli…

One of the games used to have some malware on it. The problem with those kind of app, is when you connect them to Twitter you give them some authorization (such as sending DM, remove some followers, follow people, etc.).

trendmicro.com/en_us/research…

These sites need to have access to certain things related to your profile in order to function, otherwise they would not work and this is normal. But what is not normal is that most of them are abusing of it !

RoundYearFun follow people for you (without telling you this) and mute them to make you sure you won't notice it (You gave them the right to do so, but you probably haven't read what you have given to the app)

So to remove the app it's here: twitter.com/settings/apps_… & it's a good opportunity to see all the app that got authorization and remove some of them

Here is another thread about another app, that is a kind of "hack"

https://twitter.com/VictorBaissait/status/1367242300825370630

One important thing, always think twice before allowing an app on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

Here is my original thread in French.

https://twitter.com/VictorBaissait/status/1352736805754462208

One more thing: You don't need to change your password. Because it's not a "regular" hack. When you granted permission, the app can't have access to your password, as it's not a phishing !