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I am sort of baffled by all the ink being spilt about Twitter. I still find it jarring that anyone reports on “tweets,” and that there is even a process to ‘appeal’ a decision made ‘about a tweet.’ Anyway, meta-commentary aside, this blog post is something of a mystery. I don’t know whether the author of the post actually wrote the tweet in question and is somehow trying to get back onto Twitter, or if his account wa…
I am sort of baffled by all the ink being spilt about Twitter. I still find it jarring that anyone reports on “tweets,” and that there is even a process to ‘appeal’ a decision made ‘about a tweet.’ Anyway, meta-commentary aside, this blog post is something of a mystery. I don’t know whether the author of the post actually wrote the tweet in question and is somehow trying to get back onto Twitter, or if his account wa…
It's in the title.
> or if his account was compromised despite him saying it wasn’t…
I'm not sure, it could be, it could be a hack of Twitter as well.
At this point I don't want to rule anything out because the only thing I know for sure is that I did not write that tweet.
Apparently, for Mr. Mattheij, when was today.
The next question is "how do you safely recover your account". Hopefully this is a straightforward process, considering you have access to the email account associated with your Twitter account. Of course, Twitter needs to make sure that the attackers didn't also compromise your email account ...
If you don't use Two-Factor Authentication, and you have a public profile, the question isn't if your account will be compromised, but when . Apparently, for Mr. Mattheij, when was today. The next question is "how do you safely recover your account". Hopefully this is a straightforward process, considering you have access to the email account associated with your Twitter account. Of course, Twitter needs to make sure…
Also, is saying things like "Go die" an insta-ban on twitter? I don't use it but I thought it took more than that.
If you don't use Two-Factor Authentication, and you have a public profile, the question isn't if your account will be compromised, but when . Apparently, for Mr. Mattheij, when was today. The next question is "how do you safely recover your account". Hopefully this is a straightforward process, considering you have access to the email account associated with your Twitter account. Of course, Twitter needs to make sure…
There is no way that my account password was compromised without a much more elaborate hack of Twitter, either that or someone social engineered them to change my password.
I'm confused - was OP's account compromised, or not? It sounds like it was, but he doesn't seem very fussed about how it happened or keeping it from happening again, just annoyed that Twitter's response to it isn't faster. Is it this commonplace for twitter accounts to be taken over? Also, is saying things like "Go die" an insta-ban on twitter? I don't use it but I thought it took more than that.
I am sort of baffled by all the ink being spilt about Twitter. I still find it jarring that anyone reports on “tweets,” and that there is even a process to ‘appeal’ a decision made ‘about a tweet.’ Anyway, meta-commentary aside, this blog post is something of a mystery. I don’t know whether the author of the post actually wrote the tweet in question and is somehow trying to get back onto Twitter, or if his account wa…
It's no different than reporting on anything else that someone says in a public forum.
Since there are real consequences for what you say in a public forum, it is understandable that there is an appeals process.
That seems like the most likely scenario to my brain given that the author asserts there is no way their password was compromised (which I can believe).
If you don't use Two-Factor Authentication, and you have a public profile, the question isn't if your account will be compromised, but when . Apparently, for Mr. Mattheij, when was today. The next question is "how do you safely recover your account". Hopefully this is a straightforward process, considering you have access to the email account associated with your Twitter account. Of course, Twitter needs to make sure…
There is no way that my account password was compromised without a much more elaborate hack of Twitter, either that or someone social engineered them to change my password.