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POTUS Twitter account is registered to a private Gmail account

17 points by Daviey 10y ago

froh42 10y ago
Regarding Trump: I can't decide whether I'll see the upcoming events the next four years with schadenfreude (you've got what you elected, Americans!) or with fear and terror.
- mdekkers 10y ago
  Personally, both.
tonyedgecombe 10y ago
realdonaldtrump@gmail.com ?
- pluma 10y ago
  Considering it apparently starts with "ds", no.
cronjobber 10y ago
> Update: Jan. 26, 2017 > An earlier version of this story did not address the possibility that two-factor authentication could impede unauthorized access to Trump’s Twitter account. > Update 2: Jan. 26, 2017 > As of 1:02 PM today, the email required to reset Trump’s Twitter account was changed to what appears to be a White House address.
- dogma1138 10y ago
  Also from the earlier story "People who followed Obama got Trump" story, it looks like Twitter merged or transferred the POTUS account Alias to Trump after the inauguration which means that all previous emails that had access to Trump's account likely to also have been transferred. I honestly wonder if there would be a way to look at Obama's old account or other accounts in a similar situation, I have a strong suspicion that it would not be such a different story.
  - flurdy 10y ago
    Obama's http://twitter.com/potus http://twitter.com/potus was renamed http://twitter.com/potus44 http://twitter.com/potus44. Trump's @potus is a new account.
    - dogma1138 10y ago
      http://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitter-apologises-for-forcing-people-to-follow-donald-trumps-potus http://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitter-apologises-for-forcin... It looks like Twitter did the switch.
baby 10y ago
Does it really matter?
- spatulan 10y ago
  Yes
- robtaylor 10y ago
  Tweets sent out under that username can for example affect stock markets in real time. If something is built up as being the point of contact for the most powerful person on earth then the security of the medium is relevant. "I was hacked" would be a terrible reason for WW3 :)
  - baby 10y ago
    > Tweets sent out under that username can for example affect stock markets in real time. That's a problem with the market, not a twitter account > "I was hacked" would be a terrible reason for WW3 :) Honestly, I don't see what a hacker could do write, that would be worse that the current account.
NietTim 10y ago
So? Pretty sure that no state secrets are being discussed on that twitter account.
eksrow 10y ago
>THE NEW AMERICAN PRESIDENT’S Twitter account isn’t a means of communication as much as it is a tool for confusion, propaganda, and unceasing assault. I wonder who the author voted for. Whether or not you agree with the content he posts on Twitter, the amount of people reached to especially younger people seems a lot bigger than let's say a blog on whitehouse.gov.
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teekert 10y ago
"The irony given Trump’s campaign assaults on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email service is of course obvious." I think it is quite different to be using a private email address (server!) you control absolutely because you want to deny the people their right to know your devotion to Wall Street or, you use it for a Twitter account. What's up with all this official stuff on Twitter anyway? It all sounds very unprofessional to choose a specific company for your communication over another, as a politician. What's wrong with a website or a blog or an RSS feed?
- secstate 10y ago
  Your last comment really rang true. The extent to which Twitter is being used as an official communication channel by so many is very disconcerting to me. Never mind the fact that Twitter is not terribly profitable and could very well cease to exist in five years. More to the point, Twitter is so simple on the face of it, why not setup a micro blog for the POTUS that auto-tweets everything. At least then the network doesn't own your content.
  - true_religion 10y ago
    How s this different from press conferences except skipping the part of having the prsss write about what you said and waiting a day before the public can read your words?

17 points by Daviey 10y ago

Regarding Trump: I can't decide whether I'll see the upcoming events the next four years with schadenfreude (you've got what you elected, Americans!) or with fear and terror.

mdekkers 10y ago
Personally, both.

tonyedgecombe 10y ago

realdonaldtrump@gmail.com ?

pluma 10y ago
Considering it apparently starts with "ds", no.

cronjobber 10y ago

> Update: Jan. 26, 2017 > An earlier version of this story did not address the possibility that two-factor authentication could impede unauthorized access to Trump’s Twitter account. > Update 2: Jan. 26, 2017 > As of 1:02 PM today, the email required to reset Trump’s Twitter account was changed to what appears to be a White House address.

dogma1138 10y ago
Also from the earlier story "People who followed Obama got Trump" story, it looks like Twitter merged or transferred the POTUS account Alias to Trump after the inauguration which means that all previous emails that had access to Trump's account likely to also have been transferred. I honestly wonder if there would be a way to look at Obama's old account or other accounts in a similar situation, I have a strong suspicion that it would not be such a different story.
- flurdy 10y ago
  Obama's http://twitter.com/potus http://twitter.com/potus was renamed http://twitter.com/potus44 http://twitter.com/potus44. Trump's @potus is a new account.
  - dogma1138 10y ago
    http://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitter-apologises-for-forcing-people-to-follow-donald-trumps-potus http://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitter-apologises-for-forcin... It looks like Twitter did the switch.

baby 10y ago

Does it really matter?

spatulan 10y ago
Yes
robtaylor 10y ago
Tweets sent out under that username can for example affect stock markets in real time. If something is built up as being the point of contact for the most powerful person on earth then the security of the medium is relevant. "I was hacked" would be a terrible reason for WW3 :)
- baby 10y ago
  > Tweets sent out under that username can for example affect stock markets in real time. That's a problem with the market, not a twitter account > "I was hacked" would be a terrible reason for WW3 :) Honestly, I don't see what a hacker could do write, that would be worse that the current account.

NietTim 10y ago

So? Pretty sure that no state secrets are being discussed on that twitter account.

eksrow 10y ago

>THE NEW AMERICAN PRESIDENT’S Twitter account isn’t a means of communication as much as it is a tool for confusion, propaganda, and unceasing assault. I wonder who the author voted for. Whether or not you agree with the content he posts on Twitter, the amount of people reached to especially younger people seems a lot bigger than let's say a blog on whitehouse.gov.

deleted 10y ago

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teekert 10y ago

"The irony given Trump’s campaign assaults on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email service is of course obvious." I think it is quite different to be using a private email address (server!) you control absolutely because you want to deny the people their right to know your devotion to Wall Street or, you use it for a Twitter account. What's up with all this official stuff on Twitter anyway? It all sounds very unprofessional to choose a specific company for your communication over another, as a politician. What's wrong with a website or a blog or an RSS feed?

secstate 10y ago
Your last comment really rang true. The extent to which Twitter is being used as an official communication channel by so many is very disconcerting to me. Never mind the fact that Twitter is not terribly profitable and could very well cease to exist in five years. More to the point, Twitter is so simple on the face of it, why not setup a micro blog for the POTUS that auto-tweets everything. At least then the network doesn't own your content.
- true_religion 10y ago
  How s this different from press conferences except skipping the part of having the prsss write about what you said and waiting a day before the public can read your words?