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		lstamour on May 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter urges users to change passwords after comp... I’m not sure how that follows. Are you suggesting they don’t keep backups or use a “deletion” flag temporarily, e.g. as part of spam account removal?

SmellyGeekBoy on May 4, 2018 [–]

Indeed. I deleted my Twitter account recently, there was a message that data is retained for 30 days to facilitate un-deletion. I assume their internal process is the same.

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