Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
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#2I wonder how many people are murdered each year due to communications platforms that haven't implemented end to end encryption for private user communications, since all these large platforms are easily infiltrated by agents of homicidal regimes.
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#3Someone I know had been working for twitter and they said they were blown away at the lack of internal protections built in to the system. I guess it could be a goldmine of data for spies.
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#4Odd that the defendant used a federal public defender instead of a private attorney and the lack of a plea deal here (in exchange for cooperation?)
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#5> Ali Alzabarah, another former Twitter employee who was also charged in the scheme, fled the country before he could be arrested
Apparently “Alzabarah [is] believed to be in Saudi Arabia” [1].
What the fuck?! Sooner we can decouple from that regime the better in my book.
[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-former-twitter-employees-...
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#6No post body was provided.
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#7Why would a high suit shmoozing media partnership manager have access to user info? Seems like an issue of data access at Twitter.
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#8I wonder how many people are murdered each year due to communications platforms that haven't implemented end to end encryption for private user communications, since all these large platforms are easily infiltrated by agents of homicidal regimes.
Twitter or Facebook is one thing, but imagine the iCloud hacks (not the ones which exfiltrated porn, some apparently single actors using home connections) but those from nation states targeting individuals.
I'm sure the death toll is large and the harassment tool even higher.
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#9> Ali Alzabarah, another former Twitter employee who was also charged in the scheme, fled the country before he could be arrested Apparently “Alzabarah [is] believed to be in Saudi Arabia” [1]. What the fuck?! Sooner we can decouple from that regime the better in my book. [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-former-twitter-employees-...
Not happening until the oil runs out in the eastern desert and gulf.
Re: Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to spying for Saudis
#10Odd that the defendant used a federal public defender instead of a private attorney and the lack of a plea deal here (in exchange for cooperation?)
He fled the country probably had no reason plans of defending himself.