Twitter’s Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco was completely avoided On Thursday, Twitter It maintained the great tradition of adopting features that were officially pioneered by users (see also: @ -reply, retweet, hashtag) by creating a Tip Jar. Enjoy someone’s tweet? Send some money directly from the app, through the online payment processor they want. Easy enough. And yet, predictably, it’s not that easy, especially for those who value their anonymity online. A few hours after Twitter’s Tip Jar was announced, security researcher Rachel Tobac found unfortunate wrinkle: sending someone money through PayPal revealed their home address. Soon after, former chief of the Federal Trade Commission, technologist Ashkan Soltani find Using PayPal for Tip Jar may reveal a user’s email address, even if no transaction has occurred.