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Can your Twitter footprints and browsing history be exposed to the other party? | My Navi News My Navi News My Navi

  • No longer a fleet. It had a footprint function to record and display the viewed account

  • Twitter does not publish an API for footsteps. Any tool (app) that claims to be able to check Twitter footprints is spam, so be careful not to use it even if you see information. If you try to use a malicious footprint tracker, you are at risk of annoying other users or having your account hijacked.

    Will my Twitter browsing history be exposed?

    Here, Twitter's "browsing history" is explained in the sense of "history of pages you have viewed" (not synonymous with footprints).

    Browsing history is not saved in the Twitter app or the browser version of Twitter. Your web browser's history doesn't even record what you see as you scroll through the timeline. Therefore, there is basically no need to worry about the history of posts (pages) you have viewed leaking to the outside.

    However, when tweets or images are clicked on the browser version of Twitter and displayed individually, or when the account profile screen is opened, they will be recorded in the "web browser history". Therefore, when accessing Twitter from a shared PC at work or school, it is safe to open it in a "secret window" that does not leave a history.

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    Actions that reveal what you have viewed on Twitter

    Although Twitter does not have a footprint function, there are cases where the person who posted (the other party) knows that you have viewed the tweet. Follow, reply (reply), retweet, like, if you do these four actions, you will receive a notification to the poster or it will be displayed on your follower's timeline.

    Even if you set it to a so-called "private account (keyboard)", if you retweet or like it, it will be revealed if the poster is your follower, so please be careful. On the other hand, bookmarks do not notify you or flow to other people's timelines, so it's a good idea to use them wisely.

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    When you use Twitter's search function to browse other people's tweets or profiles, your actions will not be communicated to the other person. However, unlike the browsing history, the search history remains in the app, so if you're worried about it being discovered, you can refer to the related article below to delete it (although it usually won't be discovered).

    [Related article] How to delete Twitter search history - also explains how to save search keywords

    You can only check "numbers" with Twitter analytics

    In "Twitter analytics", which you can enter from the "More" menu of the browser version of Twitter, you can see the number of impressions of your tweets and the number of accesses to your profile page. , You can check various indicators such as increase or decrease in the number of followers. But Twitter Analytics only gives you numbers.

    From the viewer's point of view, even if you look at tweets or profile pages, your information will not be conveyed to the poster as a footprint.

    Summary

    I have explained the footprint function and browsing history on Twitter. However, Twitter doesn't even have the concept of "footprints". Unlike Mixi's footsteps and LINE's read, on Twitter, if you don't take unnecessary actions such as retweeting or liking, the other person won't be able to tell you that you have read it.

    You don't have to worry about leaking the "browsing history" that records which pages you have viewed, but please be aware that it may be recorded in the history of the web browser when using a shared PC.

    On the other hand, even if you feel uneasy about the users viewing your tweets, there is no way to check their footprints. If you are unsure, use the blocking function or create a sub-account, and take actions to avoid yourself.

    Abemotoki

    In 1998, he started his career as an editor at the personal computer magazine "PCfan". In 2012, he joined the digital editorial department of Mynavi News and is in charge of articles related to personal computers, cameras, audio, smartphones, and digital home appliances. From 2014 to 2017, he served as editor-in-chief and producer until 2019. Currently, from the marketing department, I occasionally work on editing and writing articles related to Twitter, LINE, Amazon, iPhone, and Android. Click here for a list of supervised articles.

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