“Venmo is not just any app,” EFF’s Gennie Gebhart told @ConsumerReports. “This is such clearly sensitive information and it’s clear that a lot of people would be really uncomfortable with having this information out there.” https://www.consumerreports.org/money/digital-payments/who-can-see-what-you-do-on-venmo-a6906448606/
Consumer Reports · Who Can See What You Do on Venmo? You’d Be Surprised.Venmo defends its "public-by-default" privacy setting, arguing it makes the app engaging. But critics say it’s an invasion of privacy or, worse, fodder for fraud.
@eff @ConsumerReports meanwhile I’ve been trying to get it to not show transactions from people I met once, 5 years ago, because I literally do not care