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Twitter and privacy: One-in-five tweets divulge user location

September 4, 2013 by

Hashtag #doyouknowwhoswatchingyou? A new study sampled more than 15 million tweets, showing that even Twitter users who have opted-out of location tagging may be inadvertently revealing where they are through updates on the social media channel.

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