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February 26, 2020

Automatically Ignore Trolls With Twitter’s New Hide Replies API Endpoint

In late 2019 Twitter announced Hide Replies, a new feature that was designed to allow users to choose which replies to their content are hidden from the conversation, requiring users to choose to view the reply. This troll taming functionality is now being exposed via API, allowing developers to automate the process.

February 25, 2020

Poorly Configured Server Exposes International Fitness Retailer's API Data

The cybersecurity research team at vpnMentor has discovered a security issue that left exposed over 123 million records containing personal information belonging to the customers of an international fitness retailer. Decathlon, a sporting goods retailer based in France, operated the ElasticSearch server at the center of the debacle.