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It's unfortunate that this was flagged. There's the boring political angle, but it does seem pretty relevant and interesting that a major tech company's employe
by scarmig 5y ago
It's unfortunate that this was flagged. There's the boring political angle, but it does seem pretty relevant and interesting that a major tech company's employee would use their access to personal data to dox someone.
- sascha_sl 5y agoIs there maybe an alternative source?
- hibikir 5y agoExcept this isn't a current employee, but a former employee, who has basic knowledge of the Twitter public API. It lists former nicknames for your account, even if you now regret them, and they make it easier to do sleuthing on you. Since the article doesn't list those important details, it's easy for people to get the wrong idea, instead of getting useful information: It's deceptive enough to qualify as clickbait. So yes, it's flagged for good reason.
- scarmig 5y agoI don't believe this is part of Twitter's public API, just accessible without authorization (not an expert in Twitter's API, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong; based on a quick browse of its documentation). That's similar to using SQLI to extract information.
- ghostpepper 5y agoCan you point to another article that explains all that? Or do you have some unique knowledge of the situation? Not saying you’re wrong but we need a better article if this one is incorrect.