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Okay here's a few counter points: 1) There is no evidence that all of the records were compromised. So Twitter is keeping users secure by proactively resetting
by taligent 14y ago
Okay here's a few counter points:
1) There is no evidence that all of the records were compromised. So Twitter is keeping users secure by proactively resetting passwords.
2) People need to get over this Friday afternoon release. Twitter is a global company so it's not Friday everywhere and regardless it could purely be coincidental.
- ianstormtaylor 14y ago"Twitter is a global company so it's not Friday everywhere ..." You're right. In some places it's the middle of the night, and in some places it's Saturday morning... prime time for a press release.
- bradleyland 14y agoThe Friday release thing doesn't aggravate me nearly as much as the title. Security is tough. Really, really tough. I'm not here to crucify them for the breach, but the title glosses over the event in a way that is disingenuous at best. When you border on dishonesty with your title, people begin to question your motives.
- jonknee 14y agoThe title isn't meant for anyone who's account was compromised. Mine was, I got an email. The subject was "Twitter has reset your account password". No beating around the bush there. I'm not upset, it sounds like they detected it quickly and went out of their way to make sure everyone was not only notified but ensured that their account was safe. 250k users is a very small number of their accounts. A literal drop in the bucket. It sounds to me that they're going after the hackers and I appreciate that. Was your account compromised?