You might want to check your Venmo privacy settings, bud

A BuzzFeed News investigation recently discovered that President Joe Biden's Venmo account was not only easy to find, but had a public friends list that posed a threat to national security. BuzzFeed News notified the White House that the president's Venmo friends and their transactions were visible and shortly afterward, both the President and the First Lady's Venmo accounts disappeared from the app. 

Because of Venmo's default privacy settings and unchangeably public friends list, it's likely that it was easier to remove the account than let the United States president continue to have one, which poses the question: What can someone who isn't the Commander-in-Chief do to protect their privacy on Venmo? Read more...

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