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This seems a major red flag if true. 1. Twitter internal security seems loose enough that employees can access personal information (email and verification mob

This seems a major red flag if true. 1. Twitter internal security seems loose enough that employees can access personal information (email and verification mobile phone number; probably geolocation too) without any form of internal vetting. 2. It is more troubling that the person of interest is stated as a former employee. It isn't evident whether the employee was working at Twitter during this episode or had already left the company. Given the wording of the article, it seems someone pulled some strings with the ex-employer. The takeaway from this shouldn't be the account holder's doxxing, but rather that any person with the right contacts can access private Twitter information without a judicial warrant.

jimbob45 5y ago
This article seems like fake news. I can’t find any other source corroborating a “former Twitter employee revealing her identity”, not even in this very article. Everywhere else is reporting that her identity was already voluntarily public. The only real overstep here appears to be speaking to the individual’s relatives, which was presumably voluntary on their part as well, despite the non-amicability of the conversation. EDIT: Found a (non-reputable) source corroborating the claim. I guess the doxxer did so publicly and this reporter piggy-backed off that? It’s gray, but I don’t know if that qualifies as a breach of journalistic integrity. It even seems that the identity was posted publicly (then later removed) within the very same channel if this source is to be trusted. https://thepostmillennial.com/german-government-funds-research-project-that-doxxed-libs-of-tik-tok https://thepostmillennial.com/german-government-funds-resear...
- srvmshr 5y ago
  > First, let it be clear that I hate WaPo and the left. Don't be apologetic. We can all thrive well if differences are amicable. I personally feel Washington Post is a good / respectable news outlet. But that shouldn't weigh over. If they did something questionable in this matter, all the reason this should be dealt firmly and a precedent set. My issue is entirely on the veracity of the modus operandi. If it is true then Twitter has a massive problem with internal security. And for that matter, it would be good to see some other corroboration on this particular information.
- zionic 5y ago
  > I hate the left, but I can’t find wrongdoing by WaPo here How about doxxing some stupid social media account, like that is even remotely a good expenditure of their resources? Write about it if you must, but why attack the owner? There’s no national interest here, vs something like the content of a certain elected official’s son’s laptop with references to giving the “big guy” his cut. Why is it so important we know who runs some stupid meme account, but they can squash huge issues with impunity?
  - alphabettsy 5y ago
    The accounts posts were cited in a state legislature as evidence and they’ve been interviewed by media personalities with huge audiences. Not exactly the average stupid meme account.

jimbob45 5y ago

This article seems like fake news. I can’t find any other source corroborating a “former Twitter employee revealing her identity”, not even in this very article. Everywhere else is reporting that her identity was already voluntarily public. The only real overstep here appears to be speaking to the individual’s relatives, which was presumably voluntary on their part as well, despite the non-amicability of the conversation. EDIT: Found a (non-reputable) source corroborating the claim. I guess the doxxer did so publicly and this reporter piggy-backed off that? It’s gray, but I don’t know if that qualifies as a breach of journalistic integrity. It even seems that the identity was posted publicly (then later removed) within the very same channel if this source is to be trusted. https://thepostmillennial.com/german-government-funds-research-project-that-doxxed-libs-of-tik-tok https://thepostmillennial.com/german-government-funds-resear...

srvmshr 5y ago
> First, let it be clear that I hate WaPo and the left. Don't be apologetic. We can all thrive well if differences are amicable. I personally feel Washington Post is a good / respectable news outlet. But that shouldn't weigh over. If they did something questionable in this matter, all the reason this should be dealt firmly and a precedent set. My issue is entirely on the veracity of the modus operandi. If it is true then Twitter has a massive problem with internal security. And for that matter, it would be good to see some other corroboration on this particular information.
zionic 5y ago
> I hate the left, but I can’t find wrongdoing by WaPo here How about doxxing some stupid social media account, like that is even remotely a good expenditure of their resources? Write about it if you must, but why attack the owner? There’s no national interest here, vs something like the content of a certain elected official’s son’s laptop with references to giving the “big guy” his cut. Why is it so important we know who runs some stupid meme account, but they can squash huge issues with impunity?
- alphabettsy 5y ago
  The accounts posts were cited in a state legislature as evidence and they’ve been interviewed by media personalities with huge audiences. Not exactly the average stupid meme account.