Berlin-based privacy researcher Hang Do Thi Duc has released new research on the more than 18 million Venmo users who have not changed the platform's default settings to make payments private, CNNMoney reports. Venmo, an app that allows individuals to transfer money, facilitated nearly 208 million public transactions last year. "There are some people who are intentionally public, but there are a lot of people who are not aware of this public by default setting," she said. "Whether you're sharing this data consciously or unconsciously, you should think about who can access it and what things they could do [with it]." 
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