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I don't get why you'd think it's okay to suddenly make private information about your users public. The lesson is not "We should've included a screenshot" but rather "We shouldn't automatically opt our users in to sharing information they thought was private.". This is a betrayal of user trust.

I saw your email in my inbox but didn't read it. I never would've noticed with improved screenshots or not. Do you read every email you get?

>>ALittl+(OP)
Did you read the fine print when signing up? Maybe this goal has been in their fine print for a long time.

>>ako+g9
From a GDPR perspective, for anyone who is able to lay claim to GDPR protections, it wouldn't matter whether this is written in red on the first line of the agreement - "data protection by default" means that you must default to not sharing with an unlimited number of people.

What this means in practice is you can't default anything containing personal info to being public by default.

>>g_p+qc
Yup. One of the best benefits of GDPR is that you don't have to read the fine print anymore, because companies can't legally put anything abusive in there, at least with respect to processing your data.

>>TeMPOr+wh
Absolutely. Article 25(2) is written for this specific situation, and expressly prohibits opt-out situations where personal data might be made publicly accessible:

"In particular, such measures shall ensure that by default personal data are not made accessible without the individual’s intervention to an indefinite number of natural persons."

>>ako+g9
So what? Caveat emptor has no place in honest, trustworthy business practices.