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Venmo makes user posts private by default for new accounts
Venmo sets new user posts to friends-only by default as part of an app redesign, reversing a long-standing privacy gap that once allowed public transaction feeds to be scraped.
Jay Peters / The Verge: Venmo implements a major privacy measure, setting new users' posts to “friends only” by default during onboarding; in 2021, a reporter found Joe Biden's Venmo — As part of a big app redesign, Venmo will change default settings for new users so that posts will be visible only to friends by default.
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