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I agree with your policy recommendation, but I still think people who don't pay enough attention to the possibility "E l o n M u s k" a.k.a "JoshyMcB" might not
by notahacker 6y ago
I agree with your policy recommendation, but I still think people who don't pay enough attention to the possibility "E l o n M u s k" a.k.a "JoshyMcB" might not be the real deal when it's their life savings rather than a retweet on the line have to take the lion's share of the blame.
And tbh people shouldn't be trusting even the verified real account on something like this, given it's been hacked to push this exact scam before, and even under the control of actual Elon it tweets about imaginary investors taking TSLA to $420 and other stuff he thinks is funny at the time.
- paulgb 6y agoI fully agree. To be sure, I don’t think Twitter deserves the blame here for some pretty weak due diligence on the part of someone transferring six figures. But I think it’s a good policy to begin with that may have prevented this particular instance.