Would you let a stranger read your DMs? You probably already do.
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Would you let a stranger read your DMs? You probably already do.
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Re: Would you let a stranger read your DMs? You probably already do.
#2I don't understand why anyone uses the DM functionality on Twitter except in the most extreme emergencies. Even if the security problem noted here didn't exist, Twitter DMs are always one character or click away from being accidentally broadcast to the world. Almost every day I see a misdirected DM in my timeline; almost every week there's a news story arising from a misdirected and sensitive DM. Do other people seriously have this much trouble finding an email address for someone?
Re: Would you let a stranger read your DMs? You probably already do.
#3Everything you write on the internet is publicly available and connected to you. All your tweets, all your Facebook status updates, all your forum posts from a pseudonym, all your 4chan posts as anonymous, and yes, even your email.
Learn this. Internalize this. Embrace this.
Because even in the few cases where that statement isn't correct, in a short enough amount of time and with a very small number of security mistakes and lapses in judgement, it will be correct.
Re: Would you let a stranger read your DMs? You probably already do.
#4I don't understand why anyone uses the DM functionality on Twitter except in the most extreme emergencies. Even if the security problem noted here didn't exist, Twitter DMs are always one character or click away from being accidentally broadcast to the world. Almost every day I see a misdirected DM in my timeline; almost every week there's a news story arising from a misdirected and sensitive DM. Do other people seri…
Yeah, I stopped using DM for most things, and any time I do DM I make a mental note that it will probably be public.
Re: Would you let a stranger read your DMs? You probably already do.
#5Everything you write on the internet is publicly available and connected to you. All your tweets, all your Facebook status updates, all your forum posts from a pseudonym, all your 4chan posts as anonymous, and yes, even your email. Learn this. Internalize this. Embrace this. Because even in the few cases where that statement isn't correct, in a short enough amount of time and with a very small number of security mist…
Very well said. I should print this and put it on my wall.