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>> It's Twitter. What possible serious security implications could possibly warrant everyone in Washington getting into a frenzy? Considering how widely used T

>> It's Twitter. What possible serious security implications could possibly warrant everyone in Washington getting into a frenzy? Considering how widely used Twitter is, at this point we can comfortably assume that most politicians and political operatives, even high profile ones, must have very sensitive information in their Twitter DM inboxes.

raxxorraxor 4y ago
> must have very sensitive information in their Twitter DM inboxes. I doubt that, and if they really do, they should be either trained or exposed pronto. Twitter is an entertainment platform.
- jcims 4y ago
  You've described the way it ostensibly should be. My guess is that the reality is almost perfectly in opposition to what you've described. Anything that introduces plausible deniability is going to be of a major benefit.
wiz21c 4y ago
ah ah ah so they trust twitter ? the situation is improving at minus light speed...
- smsm42 4y ago
  I won't be surprised that they do. Most politicians are very thoroughly technically ignorant, and have little time or patience to spend on learning technically complex things, and really safe communication means aren't usually very user-friendly.
Scoundreller 4y ago
I’d also add the opportunity for provocateurs to cause problems: e.g. inducing vaccine hesitancy (back when the covid vaccines worked, but let’s not focus too much on that). My feed is still filled with how all of our public service problems must be caused by the 1-2% that were put on unpaid leave for refusing to disclose their vaccination status. I’m sure the 1-2% could help, but the issues are much larger than that.
datavirtue 4y ago
Whew, I would assume no one is using Twitter DMs. If they are, these should be 100% personal and unimportant. If not, those people should be investigated, not Twitter. I'm not defending Twitter, I don't engage with it at all.

raxxorraxor 4y ago

> must have very sensitive information in their Twitter DM inboxes. I doubt that, and if they really do, they should be either trained or exposed pronto. Twitter is an entertainment platform.

jcims 4y ago
You've described the way it ostensibly should be. My guess is that the reality is almost perfectly in opposition to what you've described. Anything that introduces plausible deniability is going to be of a major benefit.

wiz21c 4y ago

ah ah ah so they trust twitter ? the situation is improving at minus light speed...

smsm42 4y ago
I won't be surprised that they do. Most politicians are very thoroughly technically ignorant, and have little time or patience to spend on learning technically complex things, and really safe communication means aren't usually very user-friendly.

Scoundreller 4y ago

I’d also add the opportunity for provocateurs to cause problems: e.g. inducing vaccine hesitancy (back when the covid vaccines worked, but let’s not focus too much on that). My feed is still filled with how all of our public service problems must be caused by the 1-2% that were put on unpaid leave for refusing to disclose their vaccination status. I’m sure the 1-2% could help, but the issues are much larger than that.

datavirtue 4y ago

Whew, I would assume no one is using Twitter DMs. If they are, these should be 100% personal and unimportant. If not, those people should be investigated, not Twitter. I'm not defending Twitter, I don't engage with it at all.