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title: "Venmo finally takes privacy seriously"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/285940306.md"
description: "Venmo is testing a significant redesign of its app, introducing a new privacy measure that sets new users' posts to be viewable only by friends by default, rather than publicly. This change addresses past privacy concerns, notably highlighted in 2021 when BuzzFeed News exposed President Biden's Venmo account due to the lack of privacy settings. The update aims to enhance user privacy on the platform."
datetime: "2026-05-11T12:17:19.000Z"
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# Venmo finally takes privacy seriously

Venmo is starting to test a big redesign of its app, and as part of the changes, it will be implementing a major new privacy measure: the onboarding process for new users will set their posts to only be viewable by their friends by default instead of being public.

It's a notable update for a platform that has struggled with privacy in the past. In 2021, _BuzzFeed News_ tracked down President Joe Biden's Venmo account and the accounts of people in his inner circle because Venmo, at the time, had no way to keep your Venmo contacts private. It fixed that soon after.

As part of the redesign, if you're a new user and you do want …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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