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The first few digits of card numbers refer to the provider (Visa, Amex, etc) [0]. Given that Paypal gave the last four digits of the card, I'm surprised they wouldn't give out the provider as well, so guessing this would be even easier.
[0] https://github.com/stripe/jquery.payment/blob/master/src/jqu...
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The twitter namespace is property of Twitter alone. It's cute that there are those who think the "owners" of these names would be each user.
Well, OK, but a certain level of assured "ownership" is beneficial to everybody. Twitter handles, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, etc., would not be very useful if Twitter, ISP, postal service, telcos, etc. frequently exercised the right to deny access to previous users at any time. Seeing how easily GoDaddy handed over the domain, it seems one can't even own a domain properly, and that is supposed…
We could look towards email and dns, though, as examples of a more fair distribution of namespace resources.
Organizations would do well to investigate what their options are to retain control over their namespace, lest it fall whim to a mishap such as this instance.
Just find it interesting to see how different the conversation on the same topic is over at reddit, http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1wfwfp/how_i_los...
You think the hacker who tricked Paypal and Godaddy is in the right here to steal it? I can't believe it.
I'm still wondering WHY the hacker took a twitter handle and why he didn't blackmail his victim into keeping quiet. $50k is hardly worth such a bold crime with no exit strategy.
I could be wrong but what is the value of a stolen Twitter handle? Just like a stolen car or phone if someone starts using it won't it be obvious that it's the thief or the thieves buyer? That's like stealing a Porsche and then showing it off downtown in front of everyone.
Comparatively few people will read this story. Even fewer will care enough to continue the crusade against the attacker for any prolonged period of time to raise awareness among the potential future audience that this account was stolen. High chance the story will be quickly forgotten and the account will be re-used.
An interesting point made was to avoid using custom domains for the login emails, since a DNS takeover would compromise your accounts tied to that email.
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Twitter's official policy is that an account becomes inactive after 6 months - at that point, they reserve the right to release the account (in practice they rarely do this, though - there isn't an automated job releasing inactive accounts or anything) https://support.twitter.com/articles/15362-inactive-account-... @N (now @N_is_stolen)'s last post was 4 months ago, so he is still technically considered an active use…
Activity doesn't require the creation of a tweet though. There are plenty of active accounts where the users just read.
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Activity doesn't require the creation of a tweet though. There are plenty of active accounts where the users just read.
Not logging in for months or years at a stretch counts, IMHO.
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He said he wasn't using it much. Thus, isn't he basically a squatter?
He's definitely a squatter. If you own something and you don't use it, you're a squatter. I own an old original Nintendo that I haven't used all year. That's why if someone comes into my house and takes it, it's my own fault.
The right of ownership includes to right to use what you own in your own way.