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Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by anewguy9000 »

VikingCoder wrote: post #55
bilbo0s wrote: post #9

Just my own opinion, but at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public. If it's not something you would want the world knowing you said, don't put it out there. Security breaches happen. Bugs happen. Sometimes law enforcement just comes by and says, "Give me everything that user X has ever done." In short, sh!t happens. "Everything I do on…

Eric Schmidt: "If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." People have taken this different ways, but personally I think it's sage advice. We've lost our ability to keep secrets. Information wants to be free. We're terrible at digital security. Pretend everything you type into a computer is on the front page of the New York Times.

how is that advice? if you have x maybe you shouldnt have x lol

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by burtonator »

bilbo0s wrote: post #9

Just my own opinion, but at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public. If it's not something you would want the world knowing you said, don't put it out there. Security breaches happen. Bugs happen. Sometimes law enforcement just comes by and says, "Give me everything that user X has ever done." In short, sh!t happens. "Everything I do on…

I'm working on an app with some social collaboration features:

https://getpolarized.io/

These security breaches are really screwing me over.

Our user base is really really pissed at Facebook, Twitter, etc. and the pendulum has swung the other direction. I think they're borderline paranoid about sharing their data.

I mean whether they are justified or not is one thing but I definitely do not personally have any nefarious goals.

This is going to have a very chilling effect for the cloud industry for years go come. People are just going to refuse to share data with newer social platforms and only share it with platforms when they HAVE to because they have pre-established network effects.

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by rando444 »

VikingCoder wrote: post #55
bilbo0s wrote: post #9

Just my own opinion, but at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public. If it's not something you would want the world knowing you said, don't put it out there. Security breaches happen. Bugs happen. Sometimes law enforcement just comes by and says, "Give me everything that user X has ever done." In short, sh!t happens. "Everything I do on…

Eric Schmidt: "If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." People have taken this different ways, but personally I think it's sage advice. We've lost our ability to keep secrets. Information wants to be free. We're terrible at digital security. Pretend everything you type into a computer is on the front page of the New York Times.

Unfortunately we live in a world where authoritarian governments still exist.

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by scarejunba »

sixothree wrote: post #40
woodrowbarlow wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

twitter uses the word "protected", only the article's author ever used the word "private".

Was it really a good faith effort to make them protected?

Yes, it was a bug that revealed them.

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by mrspeaker »

bilbo0s wrote: post #9

Just my own opinion, but at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public. If it's not something you would want the world knowing you said, don't put it out there. Security breaches happen. Bugs happen. Sometimes law enforcement just comes by and says, "Give me everything that user X has ever done." In short, sh!t happens. "Everything I do on…

I'm often surprised how much people share via Slack as if it's an impenetrable fortress: perfect for pasting admin passwords, keys, and incriminating opinions and business secrets... if that floodgate ever opens then it will be a crazy time for us devs!

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by soared »

beachie wrote: post #60
soared wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why are we not switching to decentralized content sharing platforms? Because that site looks like a phishing site for reddit accounts. How is 100% cloning another site's design acceptable at all?

Also HN looks like a clone of reddit!

No, it is 100% a clone. HN is similar to reddit, that site is literally identical.

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by soared »

beachie wrote: post #46
soared wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why are we not switching to decentralized content sharing platforms? Because that site looks like a phishing site for reddit accounts. How is 100% cloning another site's design acceptable at all?

Geez! It's a design that all are familiar with, UX 101 and facebook does it all the time! No one 'cloned a site' the whole backend infrastructure is different. Did you read it at all?

Facebook doesn't copy and paste the css of competitors. That site did. I didn't read any of the interview, I just went to the site like most users would.

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by ams6110 »

burtonator wrote: post #62
bilbo0s wrote: post #9

Just my own opinion, but at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public. If it's not something you would want the world knowing you said, don't put it out there. Security breaches happen. Bugs happen. Sometimes law enforcement just comes by and says, "Give me everything that user X has ever done." In short, sh!t happens. "Everything I do on…

I'm working on an app with some social collaboration features: https://getpolarized.io/ These security breaches are really screwing me over. Our user base is really really pissed at Facebook, Twitter, etc. and the pendulum has swung the other direction. I think they're borderline paranoid about sharing their data. I mean whether they are justified or not is one thing but I definitely do not personally have any nefari…

Even a service without nefarious goals can have a breach. The biggest companies that devote huge teams of people to preventing them still have them. Can happen to anyone.

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by duxup »

bilbo0s wrote: post #9

Just my own opinion, but at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public. If it's not something you would want the world knowing you said, don't put it out there. Security breaches happen. Bugs happen. Sometimes law enforcement just comes by and says, "Give me everything that user X has ever done." In short, sh!t happens. "Everything I do on…

As for caution, I agree.

As for advocacy and laws I'd like to see a lot more assurance that ... that isn't the case.

I'm kinda going both ways with it.

Re: Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years

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Post by Zarath »

VikingCoder wrote: post #55
bilbo0s wrote: post #9

Just my own opinion, but at this point I think it's prudent to assume that pretty much anything you send out into the digital network world is public. If it's not something you would want the world knowing you said, don't put it out there. Security breaches happen. Bugs happen. Sometimes law enforcement just comes by and says, "Give me everything that user X has ever done." In short, sh!t happens. "Everything I do on…

Eric Schmidt: "If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." People have taken this different ways, but personally I think it's sage advice. We've lost our ability to keep secrets. Information wants to be free. We're terrible at digital security. Pretend everything you type into a computer is on the front page of the New York Times.

Better not be openly gay in Russia! Or openly gay 15 years ago and have them scrape old data and find out.
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