Venmo leaked Joe Biden’s friends, but you can now keep yours a secret
Image: Venmo Venmo has added new privacy controls for friend lists following a jaw-dropping incident where BuzzFeed News was able to track down President Joe Biden's Venmo account because of the app's leaky privacy protocols. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered earlier on Friday that Venmo was working on the new controls.
We're consistently evolving and strengthening the Venmo platform for all of our customers.As part of these ongoing efforts, we are enhancing our in-app controls providing customers an option to select a public, friends-only, or private setting for their friends list," a Venmo spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge.
To find the new controls, tap the hamburger icon while on the main feed, then tap Settings,"...