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Can someone change the op's link to: https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter The real source, not this redundant me

Can someone change the op's link to: https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter The real source, not this redundant media crap that buried the lede...

nailer 10y ago
dang - ping! (I think he has a regex!)
- broodbucket 10y ago
  Needs some sophisticated language parsing to filter out expressions of mild disappointment.
  - chucksmash 10y ago
    Ha! Doing NLP to filter out what, like 1-2 false positives a week? Dang, that must win some kind of an award for overengineering.
return0 10y ago
> Subscribe today to view the raw data itself and receive unlimited searches! As low as $0.76 a day! Is that site legit ?
- jswny 10y ago
  Yes. They are a well known data leak source. LeakedSource is probably the most realiable one right now. There is always https://haveibeenpwned.com/ https://haveibeenpwned.com/ but they don't have anywhere near the amount of records places like LeakedSource have. In addition, LeakedSource has access to private databases that aren't public.
cpncrunch 10y ago
>Can someone change the op's link to: >https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter No, let's not. First of all, leakedsource has already been submitted separately, but has fewer upvotes. Presumably people prefer the techcrunch version. It's not really surprising, as leakedsource's article is poorly laid out. It doesn't even have a title (they've put "Preface" as a title, but that's the heading of the first section). Then there's the banner adverts at the top. >The real source, not this redundant media crap that buried the lede... The techcrunch article has responses from twitter and others, along with some analysis, so it's not "redundant media crap".
- stonogo 10y ago
  >t doesn't even have a title (they've put "Preface" as a title, but that's the heading of the first section). Then there's the banner adverts at the top. The title of the page is "LeakedSource Analysis of Twitter.com Leak". I know it's the title because it's in the title tags. The appearance of banner ads is a strange criticism when comparing to a techcrunch page, which is essentially one huge ad for other tech tabloid crap. The techcrunch article is poorly written; it implies the data may not be genuine because some guy has not confirmed that twitter has been 'breached', while at other points seems to acknowledge the most likely source for this data is malware on users' computers. Which is it? The statements from Twitter are boilerplate garbage, unworthy of being reproduced in whole or in part.
  - cpncrunch 10y ago
    I shouldn't have to look at the html source of a page to determine the title. (Most mobile browsers don't show the title, and even desktop chrome only shows a little bit of it). You're right about the adverts. It's more of a design thing than anything else. The site looks like it was designed in the 90s. As for statements from twitter and others, they are very important, as they give credibility and background to the story. Most people here don't have time to do their own analysis and research on a story.
    - BHSPitMonkey 10y ago
      Is Chrome not among "most mobile browsers"? http://i.imgur.com/MtgLGoy.png http://i.imgur.com/MtgLGoy.png
      - cpncrunch 10y ago
        It looks like you've clicked the "recent apps" button there. If you just click on a link, it doesn't show the title anywhere...
        BHSPitMonkey 10y ago

Can someone change the op's link to: https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter The real source, not this redundant media crap that buried the lede...

nailer 10y ago

dang - ping! (I think he has a regex!)

broodbucket 10y ago
Needs some sophisticated language parsing to filter out expressions of mild disappointment.
- chucksmash 10y ago
  Ha! Doing NLP to filter out what, like 1-2 false positives a week? Dang, that must win some kind of an award for overengineering.

return0 10y ago

> Subscribe today to view the raw data itself and receive unlimited searches! As low as $0.76 a day! Is that site legit ?

jswny 10y ago
Yes. They are a well known data leak source. LeakedSource is probably the most realiable one right now. There is always https://haveibeenpwned.com/ https://haveibeenpwned.com/ but they don't have anywhere near the amount of records places like LeakedSource have. In addition, LeakedSource has access to private databases that aren't public.

cpncrunch 10y ago

>Can someone change the op's link to: >https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter https://www.leakedsource.com/blog/twitter No, let's not. First of all, leakedsource has already been submitted separately, but has fewer upvotes. Presumably people prefer the techcrunch version. It's not really surprising, as leakedsource's article is poorly laid out. It doesn't even have a title (they've put "Preface" as a title, but that's the heading of the first section). Then there's the banner adverts at the top. >The real source, not this redundant media crap that buried the lede... The techcrunch article has responses from twitter and others, along with some analysis, so it's not "redundant media crap".

stonogo 10y ago
>t doesn't even have a title (they've put "Preface" as a title, but that's the heading of the first section). Then there's the banner adverts at the top. The title of the page is "LeakedSource Analysis of Twitter.com Leak". I know it's the title because it's in the title tags. The appearance of banner ads is a strange criticism when comparing to a techcrunch page, which is essentially one huge ad for other tech tabloid crap. The techcrunch article is poorly written; it implies the data may not be genuine because some guy has not confirmed that twitter has been 'breached', while at other points seems to acknowledge the most likely source for this data is malware on users' computers. Which is it? The statements from Twitter are boilerplate garbage, unworthy of being reproduced in whole or in part.
- cpncrunch 10y ago
  I shouldn't have to look at the html source of a page to determine the title. (Most mobile browsers don't show the title, and even desktop chrome only shows a little bit of it). You're right about the adverts. It's more of a design thing than anything else. The site looks like it was designed in the 90s. As for statements from twitter and others, they are very important, as they give credibility and background to the story. Most people here don't have time to do their own analysis and research on a story.
  - BHSPitMonkey 10y ago
    Is Chrome not among "most mobile browsers"? http://i.imgur.com/MtgLGoy.png http://i.imgur.com/MtgLGoy.png
    - cpncrunch 10y ago
      It looks like you've clicked the "recent apps" button there. If you just click on a link, it doesn't show the title anywhere...
      - BHSPitMonkey 10y ago