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Thursday, 3 September 2020

You can now download your Twitter data again and see what hackers could’ve nabbed

Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge

If you’re curious what kind of data Twitter stores on you — and what those hackers could have stolen during their big bitcoin scam — you can now find out once again. Twitter has reenabled the ability to download archives of “Your Twitter Data,” nearly two months after shutting off the feature as a precaution against further hacking.

To access it, go to Settings > Account > Your Twitter data and you should see a screen like the one below, where you’ll need to type in your password to start the transfer. If you’re using a phone app, it may shove you over to the mobile website instead.

It also might take a while before the archive is ready: I pressed the button an hour ago, and I’m still waiting for the in-app notification so...

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from TV Aerial Installation Services Warrington https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/3/21421528/twitter-data-archive-download-after-hack
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