Anyway, their public, unauthenticated API is exposing users' DOB and email addresses. Neat!
https://api.twitter.now/api/user-profile/J2lPkMmhVzcJJQ45QdPR4mBtBtp1
@cassidy this whole thing just reeked from the moment i heard about it
The web app is locked behind a login, but the API? It’s fair game, baby.
@cassidy 20? lemme try 200000... hmm
Their strategy to stop spam? Make people pay $20 for early access. The misjudged the fact that someone will happily throw $20 away to troll/spam. Now there are three spammers dominating the “For You” feed.
Now it’s four or five lmao
omg apparently you can register for free by hitting Firebase directly, amazing
Aaaaand the site is down. Apparently it has been for the past 12 hours or so.