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Forumite@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 month ago

T-Mobile Shows Users the Names, Pictures, and Exact Locations of Random Children

www.404media.co

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T-Mobile Shows Users the Names, Pictures, and Exact Locations of Random Children

www.404media.co

Forumite@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 month ago
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"I would log in and I couldn’t see my children but I could see a kid in California. I refreshed and would see a different child.”
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    That happened to me on Reddit a few times. I’d refresh the page and be on sometime else’s profile looking at their subscriptions. It was very odd.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Good ol caching, gotta love it.

      • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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        Yep. It’s an interesting experience, especially since you can’t usually reproduce it

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