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Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by jotm »

jacquesm wrote: post #21
ineptech wrote: post #15

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'm confused - was OP's account compromised, or not? I do not know. The tweet certainly looks like it was made by my account, but definitely not from this computer and definitely not using my password. I'm pretty precise about stuff like that and Twitter would be the least of my problems if my passwords were hacked. For now I am assuming either someone social engineered Twitter to change my password or a compromise…

Just gonna say it: Fuck Twitter.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by jacquesm »

latchkey wrote: post #46
jacquesm wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but that would actually be less secure because my phone number is quite public and I'd be a SIM swap attack away from someone being able to compromise this account in a way that I would not be able to easily recover from (and to lose my long time phone number in the process).

You don't have to use SMS for 2FA on twitter. Have you checked: https://twitter.com/settings/apps_and_sessions

That brings up a page where Twitter wants my phone number, which they can't have.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by dec0dedab0de »

jacquesm wrote: post #32
dec0dedab0de wrote: post #26

I'm confused, are you able to log in but not do anything? How are you able to see the tweet you screen shotted? Did you actually see it posted to your account?

No, I can't log in. All I get is that screen over and over again. > Did you actually see it posted to your account? No.

No, I can't log in. All I get is that screen over and over again.

So it must have already authenticated you, because it knows to show you that screen.

It seems extremely odd that they would give you the option to delete the tweet, without actually giving you the ability. And if deleting the tweet was really enough, they could have simply deleted it for you and sent you a message that they did.

It's probably an exploit of some sort, hopefully someone at twitter will chime in here eventually.

edit: Wait, why not cancel your appeal, and try deleting the tweet on your own? Is it because you want twitter support to read that you never posted it to begin with?

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by InitialLastName »

rosndo wrote: post #30

Quoted post unavailable.

OP is @jacquesm here; this is the internet so long cons are always possible, but he's one of the more credible people around here. Additionally, the tweet in question is pretty far out of character.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by MisterTea »

jacquesm wrote: post #21
ineptech wrote: post #15

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'm confused - was OP's account compromised, or not? I do not know. The tweet certainly looks like it was made by my account, but definitely not from this computer and definitely not using my password. I'm pretty precise about stuff like that and Twitter would be the least of my problems if my passwords were hacked. For now I am assuming either someone social engineered Twitter to change my password or a compromise…

> For now I am assuming either someone social engineered Twitter to change my password or a compromise of Twitter of some sort.

How could you not notice your password being changed? I would think twitter would invalidate existing logins after a password change forcing you to log back in using the "new" password an your devices. Then again, I never used twitter.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by jacquesm »

vorpalhex wrote: post #48
jacquesm wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm assuming you are using unique passwords per application. Yes, absolutely, and I only use the web, no other kind of client, no apps etc.

Any browser extensions? Ever used a friends computer to sign in?

Tree style tabs, adblock plus, umatrix, all as far as I know reputable and clean.

Don't use other computers besides this one for Twitter. The password is very long, generated, so impossible to guess and I have never moved it to another machine.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by rosndo »

jacquesm wrote: post #40
rosndo wrote: post #30

Quoted post unavailable.

You are way out of line.

Not really. If you weren’t a prolific HN commenter this would be the top comment here.

Right now you’re making an extraordinary claim with zero evidence. Pointing this out isn’t “out of line”.

E: As it turns out, not only was I not out of line, I was also entirely correct. You wrote this tweet Jacques, you just forgot. It’s not unusual at your age.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31240589

It’s time for you to apologize.

Re: Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

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Post by latchkey »

jacquesm wrote: post #45
joshu wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is it possible that something that had api access did it?

No api accesses granted as far as I can remember. But good call, I had not yet thought of that one.

https://twitter.com/settings/security_and_account_access
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