Max Beatty
Why You Should Use UProtect.it

Why You Should Use UProtect.it

Privacy invasion or just plain awesome?

Privacy invasion or just plain awesome?

So now when someone follows me with protected tweets I can just google “site:twitter.com/<username>” to see if I want to follow back instead of just ignoring them.

Note: I don’t follow people with protected streams unless I know them in real life. I want to know what I can expect from following you and your avatar and short bio are a very small part of that.

UPDATE: TechCrunch has a much better explanation about this “hole that probably isn’t” I’ve seen some of the exact things TC points out as I’ve dug into a few person’s protected tweets. TechCrunch reporting > LA Times reporting