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Earlier this week, Mozilla visited Venmo\u2019s headquarters in New York City and delivered a petition<\/a> signed by more than 25,000 Americans. The petition urges the payment app to put users\u2019 privacy first and make Venmo transactions private by default.<\/p>\n Also this week: A new poll from Mozilla and Ipsos reveals that 77% of respondents believe payment apps should not<\/span> make transaction details public<\/span> by default. (More on our poll results below.)<\/p>\n Millions of Venmo users’ spending habits are available for anyone to see. That\u2019s because Venmo transactions are currently public by default \u2014 unless users manually update their settings, anyone, anywhere can see whom they\u2019re sending money to, and why.<\/p>\n Mozilla\u2019s petition urges Venmo to change these settings. By making privacy<\/i> the default, Venmo can better protect its seven million users \u2014 and send a powerful message about the importance of privacy. But so far, Venmo hasn\u2019t formally responded to our petition and to the 25,000 Americans who signed their names.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Mozilla Fellow Hang Do Thi Duc exposed the serious implications of Venmo\u2019s settings. Her project, Public By Default<\/a>, revealed how Venmo users\u2019 drug habits, junk food vices, personal finances, and fights with significant others are available for all to see. Here’s what TV reporters had to say about Hang’s findings:<\/p>\n