X (formerly Twitter) Has Security Issue with 'Private Likes' Still Visible

TapTechNews July 26th news, Musk's social platform X (formerly Twitter) announced last month that likes would be visible only to oneself, but a recent security incident has led to others still being able to see these private likes.

X admitted in an email sent to 9to5Mac that this security incident occurred in June 2024, shortly after the private likes was just revised, resulting in others still being able to view users' likes through some means.

The X team received information that some likes may still be publicly visible, the X official said in the email, We are contacting you because your X account may be affected by this security incident.

X officials said that previously anyone could see all the liked/posts of public accounts, and the reason they set likes as private is that it encouraged wrong behavior among some users, and they have taken measures to ensure that likes remain private (TapTechNews note: The number of likes is still publicly visible).