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#201 lanforod

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Posted 17 May 2022 - 02:12 PM

My understanding is that the service (in this case, twitter) pays the phone companies for a continuously updated database of real, legitimate cellphone numbers.  So twitter should make you use a cell # tied to your account and occasionally verify it with you.  That should prevent new bots from signing up, unless they can afford to have a real cell # for every bot account.

 

I've never heard of it done this way, even for services whose business IS multifactor authentication (e.g. Duo). Do you have any resources on that?



#202 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 May 2022 - 02:15 PM

Not really. But I use at least a half dozen services for work and personal that have the 2-part verification. I recently bought an extra laptop and all the services I regularly used, when logging in with the new machine, wanted to ding my cell with text. Worked fine.

#203 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 17 May 2022 - 05:13 PM

Project Veritas has worked over a few employees.

https://www.projectveritas.com/

#204 dasmo

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Posted 17 May 2022 - 06:01 PM

It’s not that the thousands of followers do anything but give you followers so you are more attractive to real people following you. Basic psychology.

#205 LJ

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Posted 17 May 2022 - 07:13 PM

Twitter coaches employees how to avoid telling the truth...

 

https://thepostmille...4j3i9M_jr8CJ61U


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#206 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 18 May 2022 - 01:17 PM

Twitter is reeling after Elon Musk claimed that he will be voting for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections.

During a live episode of the All-In Podcast at a Miami tech conference, Musk told his hosts that he would be voting Republican in the upcoming elections despite his track record of almost exclusively voting Democrat.

He stated, "I have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, historically – overwhelmingly. Like, I'm not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear. Now this election, I will."


https://www.foxnews....n-next-election

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#207 lanforod

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Posted 25 May 2022 - 08:25 AM

Russians misinformation bots: https://thehackernew...signed-to.html 


Edited by Mike K., 25 May 2022 - 02:11 PM.


#208 Mike K.

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Posted 25 May 2022 - 02:11 PM

That have never been used:

 

It's not immediately clear if the tool was ever used in real-world attacks, whether be it by the FSB or otherwise.

 

Meta is also already on it, so this thing had its mojo cut short before it could even be used:

 

The findings come as Meta Platforms said it took steps against covert adversarial networks originating from Azerbaijan and Iran on its platform, by taking down the accounts and blocking their domains from being shared.

 

 

All good in the hood, as the kids say.
 

(I've also fixed the link above; the original was broken).


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#209 Tom Braybrook

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Posted 08 July 2022 - 09:37 PM

3 months later - it's still  bullshot



#210 lanforod

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Posted 23 August 2022 - 02:35 PM

Twitter whistleblower: https://edition.cnn....rity/index.html

 

Of note:

 

 

Twitter executives don't have the resources to fully understand the true number of bots on the platform, and were not motivated to

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#211 Mike K.

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Posted 23 August 2022 - 02:41 PM

There’s a financial incentive not to, for sure.

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#212 spanky123

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Posted 23 August 2022 - 03:21 PM

Twitter whistleblower: https://edition.cnn....rity/index.html

 

Of note:

 

Elon's new best friend. 



#213 Mike K.

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Posted 01 September 2022 - 03:28 PM

80% of Twitter accounts are bots: https://twitter.com/...unexpected-ally

Another 5% are duplicate accounts run by disgruntled millennials who think we don’t know who authors them.
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#214 todd

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Posted 02 September 2022 - 06:27 AM

Just because they’re bots doesn’t mean they don’t have consciousness

#215 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 04 October 2022 - 09:09 AM

Elon Musk changes course and proposes going through with Twitter deal at original price: Sources

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com...20-a-share.html

 

 

 

 

Elon Musk has reversed course and is again proposing to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, according to sources familiar with the matter. A deal could happen as soon as Friday, the sources added.

 

Twitter shares jumped as much as 15% on Tuesday after Bloomberg first reported on the Tesla CEO’s plans to go forth with his deal to acquire the company.

 

The stock was halted after the report.


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#216 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 04 October 2022 - 07:48 PM

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#217 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 11 October 2022 - 05:18 PM

https://www.boringco...y.com/burnthair

 

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#218 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 12 October 2022 - 06:25 AM

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#219 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 12 October 2022 - 06:26 AM

Elon Musk is promoting a new perfume, as the world’s richest man continues a track record of turning what ostensibly start out as jokes into sought-after products.

 

Musk announced the scent — called “Burnt Hair” and described as “the essence of repugnant desire” — in a tweet Tuesday, before changing his Twitter biography to “Perfume Salesman.” A separate product page posted by Boring Co., Musk’s tunneling company, listed the fragrance at $100 a pop, and Musk later tweeted that 10,000 bottles had been sold.

 

 

 

https://www.bloomber...ottles-in-hours


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#220 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 12 October 2022 - 01:56 PM

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