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Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybersecurity policies
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#12I hate being asked to hand over my phone number for 2FA or similar protections. Or facing the choice between deleting all my DMs or risking them being compromised on account no E2E support. Then again, even if you delete something, there's no knowing what their data retention handling is.
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#13This excerpt is frightening: > About half of the company's 500,000 servers run on outdated software that does not support basic security features such as encryption for stored data or regular security updates by vendors
Why bother hacking Twitter when it'd be cheaper to bribe an employee to get all the information you want: > allows too many of its staff access to the platform's central controls and most sensitive information without adequate oversight It'd be even easier if you find an employee who's on the same political team as you.
The likelihood is that bad actors do.
It's one of the reasons I disliked Twitter forcing the use of mobile numbers for 2FA, they're just not sufficiently trustworthy. And I have an account under my real name! If I were a political dissident etc that just feels like an insane idea.
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#14It is rather disconcerting how a platform that is apparently rather integral to the discourse of today is in the hands of a single private company. It doesn't matter who owns it, if it's Musk or someone else, the fact that it's at the whims of a private company, is the primary channel for discourse, and is something legislatures cannot even comprehend because of their age, should have alarm bells going off. Coupled w…
> the primary channel for discourse
Primary for whom? If you polled 50 people on the streets of NYC, I bet fewer than 3 would say they actively use twitter. Now do the same for Des Moines, IA and you maybe get 1?
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The article states he has had no contact with Musk and that the whistleblowing started before Musk attempted his takeover of Twitter ..
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#16How long before Musk weaponises this in his lawsuit against Twitter?
How long before people start conflating this story with Musk in an attempt to discredit both, you mean?
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#17Mudge is a very credible source. Interesting to see where this goes. Twitter has gone through more security heads than any high tech company should. Not surprised it’s a chaotic environment.
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#18It is rather disconcerting how a platform that is apparently rather integral to the discourse of today is in the hands of a single private company. It doesn't matter who owns it, if it's Musk or someone else, the fact that it's at the whims of a private company, is the primary channel for discourse, and is something legislatures cannot even comprehend because of their age, should have alarm bells going off. Coupled w…
> the primary channel for discourse Primary for whom? If you polled 50 people on the streets of NYC, I bet fewer than 3 would say they actively use twitter. Now do the same for Des Moines, IA and you maybe get 1?
People with outsized influence over politics, for example.
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#20It is rather disconcerting how a platform that is apparently rather integral to the discourse of today is in the hands of a single private company. It doesn't matter who owns it, if it's Musk or someone else, the fact that it's at the whims of a private company, is the primary channel for discourse, and is something legislatures cannot even comprehend because of their age, should have alarm bells going off. Coupled w…
A world-wide, decentralized, communications platform sounds lovely. Oh wait...