This is my (non) surprised face...
TL;DR - Twitter's privacy policy switches "delete" for "deactivate", which is NOT the same thing.
@xhtml2 Sorry, should have been more clear, was in a rush to get to a meeting.
To the best of my knowledge, it's not new - but until now, was less of a concern. TBH, was likely to leave the birb soon regardless, this is just accelerating things.
@Synical This is not new?