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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Twitter knew about this vulnerability back in January, and they either didn't check to see if it was exploited, or they didn't disc

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Twitter knew about this vulnerability back in January, and they either didn't check to see if it was exploited, or they didn't disclose that it was, or they didn't have enough observability/audit controls in place to see 5.4M requests for account data that used this vulnerability? That seems like gross negligence to me no matter what the reason for that is, but I play in a much smaller pond and maybe I just don't understand that the cost to do things ethically at scale is always greater than cleanup.

bloodyplonker22 4y ago
I believe you're correct, and remember, this is a grossly mismanaged company at all levels, from the top down.
eastbound 4y ago
That could explain Elon Musk’s sudden reversal. I don’t understand his motives for proposing-then-withdrawing (the other theory is that the market crashed and he wanted to halve the price, but he’s a senior, anyone could have guessed that the market was on a downwards trend; another theory is that he didn’t expect such opposition and withdrew seeing that he was seen as the bad guy).
- benj111 4y ago
  Or he farted out a tweet about buying Twitter. Then woke up next day and changed his mind?
  - ahtihn 4y ago
    Did he also fart out the merger contract and the signature he put on it? A tweet isn't a binding offer last I checked.
    - black_puppydog 4y ago
      waiting for twitter to change their ToS to include a line "if you announce an offer to buy twitter via twitter then that offer is considered a valid contract."
    - anothernewdude 4y ago
      I'm pretty sure he couldn't draft a merger contract.
    - benj111 4y ago
      Technically a tweet could form a binding contract, but yes, my point is he publicly announces things, then changes his mind, rather than thinking about if he does actually want to do the thing before wasting everyone's time.
  - snomad 4y ago
    Why did he buy 10% of twitter stick? That wasn't a momentary lapse of judgement.
- throwoutway 4y ago
  Is a severe compromise an exception clause in Musk’s contract? I’ve read summaries of it but never the actual contract but I don’t know
assttoasstmgr 4y ago
- klabb3 4y ago
  > If anyone hasn't noticed by now, social media companies don't care about your privacy. This is really unfair, of course they protect your personal data... From competitors, so that they can continue renting out access to it - to the highest bidder :)
  - benj111 4y ago
    Correction. /Their/ data.
    - aerique 4y ago
      Which is why Google's security is so good.
- theplumber 4y ago
  >> social media companies don't care about your privacy Social media companies are almost by definition data harvesting programs so why would you even consider privacy protection from them?
  - hulitu 4y ago
    They always claim that "your privacy is very important for us"

bloodyplonker22 4y ago

I believe you're correct, and remember, this is a grossly mismanaged company at all levels, from the top down.

eastbound 4y ago

That could explain Elon Musk’s sudden reversal. I don’t understand his motives for proposing-then-withdrawing (the other theory is that the market crashed and he wanted to halve the price, but he’s a senior, anyone could have guessed that the market was on a downwards trend; another theory is that he didn’t expect such opposition and withdrew seeing that he was seen as the bad guy).

benj111 4y ago
Or he farted out a tweet about buying Twitter. Then woke up next day and changed his mind?
- ahtihn 4y ago
  Did he also fart out the merger contract and the signature he put on it? A tweet isn't a binding offer last I checked.
  - black_puppydog 4y ago
    waiting for twitter to change their ToS to include a line "if you announce an offer to buy twitter via twitter then that offer is considered a valid contract."
  - anothernewdude 4y ago
    I'm pretty sure he couldn't draft a merger contract.
  - benj111 4y ago
    Technically a tweet could form a binding contract, but yes, my point is he publicly announces things, then changes his mind, rather than thinking about if he does actually want to do the thing before wasting everyone's time.
- snomad 4y ago
  Why did he buy 10% of twitter stick? That wasn't a momentary lapse of judgement.
throwoutway 4y ago
Is a severe compromise an exception clause in Musk’s contract? I’ve read summaries of it but never the actual contract but I don’t know

assttoasstmgr 4y ago

klabb3 4y ago
> If anyone hasn't noticed by now, social media companies don't care about your privacy. This is really unfair, of course they protect your personal data... From competitors, so that they can continue renting out access to it - to the highest bidder :)
- benj111 4y ago
  Correction. /Their/ data.
  - aerique 4y ago
    Which is why Google's security is so good.
theplumber 4y ago
>> social media companies don't care about your privacy Social media companies are almost by definition data harvesting programs so why would you even consider privacy protection from them?
- hulitu 4y ago
  They always claim that "your privacy is very important for us"