Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make

Post by zerocrates » Mon, May 02, 2022, 9:03 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #176

bryced wrote: post #163

Seems most likely you replied to this tweet and forgot. Your tweet makes sense in this context. "They arent bothering to train current conscripts. Some Russian soldiers say they are given a weapon and sent straight in. Learn on the job." 11:29 AM · May 2, 2022 https://twitter.com/Johnrigsby128/status/1521195277033648129

Ok interesting, but within that context the tweet at least makes some sense but does not call for someone to die explicitly... it just gets weirder...

Post by ziddoap » Mon, May 02, 2022, 9:04 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #193

ziddoap wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I believe it is extremely unlikely they just got drunk and tweeted "Die on the job..." Is it not even more unlikely that Twitter itself was hacked, just so someone could post this tweet as OP? I agree it is an uncharacteristic tweet on the OPs behalf, but... If we are to believe OPs claim that there is "no possible way" their machine and/or account have been hacked... My next step isn't thinking "Well, all of Twitt…

Yes, it is more unlikely. But I have an unbroken record of many years of being able to maintain my accounts without any compromises and to date have not seen anything even remotely like this happen. Twitter on the other hand...

Post by jacquesm » Mon, May 02, 2022, 9:05 PM UTC

aurora72 wrote: post #144

jacquesm wrote: post #89

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I care because I have about 11K followers there and apparently someone is able to write stuff that looks like I wrote it and that opens me up to all kinds of damage. So this may not be a 'big deal' to you but it is to me.

Whether you have 11k or 11m followers, you are owned by the Twictatour. Those 11k followers are too.

Post by jacquesm » Mon, May 02, 2022, 9:05 PM UTC

mdoms wrote: post #201

Kiro wrote: post #80

tl;dr: OP was hacked but refuse to believe they were compromised by traditional means.

I think it's far more likely that OP drunk-posted or simply forgot about making the tweet. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31240589

Post by jacquesm » Mon, May 02, 2022, 9:06 PM UTC

ziddoap wrote: post #213

jacquesm wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it is more unlikely. But I have an unbroken record of many years of being able to maintain my accounts without any compromises and to date have not seen anything even remotely like this happen. Twitter on the other hand...

>* But I have an unbroken record of many years of being able to maintain my accounts without any compromises* If I was paid a quarter every time I heard a similar line during an emergency incidence response, I wouldn't need to be working incidence response anymore. No one gets hacked, until they do. Everyone claims they have the best password, the most secure machine, the most cautious of habits. Then they get hacked…