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[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ultimately the third-party individuals did not receive direct access to Twitter's systems, but instead worked with other company employees who accessed the systems on the individuals' behalf.

So they got the data anyway...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Yeah lol. This was more a circumvention via technicality. If they still gave away the data and against privacy laws, it’s still a violation.