A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
    251·
    7 months ago

    I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Venmo isn’t exactly transparent about this.

    You might think “Easy, go into settings, mark it ‘Private’, right?”

    Well, no, your past transactions can still be visible so now you need to change that:

    And then your friends list is a THIRD setting:

    • fan0m@lemmy.world
      35·
      7 months ago

      Yeah but the national security advisor for the United States should know better.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
        59·
        7 months ago

        Agreed, but isn’t he also a Boomer? :)

        The Friends setting is SUPER easy to miss and even set to private, you have to flip the slider so you won’t appear on other people’s friends lists.

        NGL, I almost missed it coming in to do these screenshots. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m STILL missing something, but then the only thing people will see is what I pay my yard guy. :)

    • xyzzy@lemm.ee
      8·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, I’m paranoid, turn off location services for nearly all apps, frozen credit, locked down bank account, friends only everywhere… and I missed this. Useful public service announcement by Wired.

    • tisktisk@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      Yuge thanks for this chief–we need someone doing psa’s on ish like this… Maybe a whole sublemmy too. I’m opsec buffoon and very grateful for the wizards that share their knowledge

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    7 months ago

    Meh. Is there anyone who has kept perfect OpSec for their whole life?

    I’ve been trying but, under national scrutiny, I’m sure I must have leaked personal data everywhere.