Twitter denied that Google granted access to private data
According to foreign media report today, for the earlier media reports Google has been allowed to visit Twitter private information concerning, Twitter has denied, saying that Google has not been such a mandate.
”Los Angeles Times” article published online Monday night, said Twitter Google has granted access to protected data, users can by Google advanced search to retrieve information related to Twitter. For example, when Google users enter “site: twitter.com / * username *” (replace * username * the Twitter user name), you can retrieve the information to the relevant Twitter accounts.
”Los Angeles Times” gives the corresponding evidence, including the ability to retrieve the former U.S. President Bill Clinton (Bill Clinton) of the Twitter messages. When you enter “site: twitter.com / billclinton”, they will show Clinton’s Twitter account information.
However, after some digging after discovered that these messages are not from the real Bill Clinton, but once posing as Clinton and was previously a Google cached snapshot page account. These elements are now stored in a file called “NotBillClinton” the account.
Google search to fake former U.S. President Bill Clinton's Twitter account information
As for the “Los Angeles Times” When you mention some of the other Twitter accounts published by the information, it is possible in these accounts is set to private accounts ago by Google retrieved. For example, “Los Angeles Times” When you mention Britekite co-founder of mobile social networking site Jonathon Linner of the Twitter messages can also be retrieved, but the Linas said that he was in the last month, before putting their own Twitter set to private account information.
Because Google has a cached caching mechanism, so when the user will shortly set up its own Twitter account as a public account, their information will be Google to crawl, and the user can not take the initiative to remove such information. With this feature, but Google has the judge granted access to Twitter’s private data are not convincing.
Twitter subsequently confirmed that Google is not allowed to access the private Twitter data.
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