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Twitter is reportedly working on finally adding end-to-end encryption for direct messages exchanged between users on the social media platform. Twitter had attempted to prototype an E2EE system back in 2018, naming it "Secret Conversation," but it never materialized as a finished product and was later abandoned.
Following yesterday's deadly blast on İstiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Turkish authorities began restricting access to social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Telegram as a nationwide broadcast ban went into effect. Reports of a bomb blast taking place on Istanbul's busy İstiklal street began circulating on Sunday, November 13th on social media platforms.
Troubled social media giant Twitter has lost the services of its chief information and security officer to cap off another chaotic week following its acquisition by Elon Musk. Chief privacy officer Damien Kieran and chief compliance officer Marianne Fogarty are also said to have exited.
Twitter has officially rolled out its Twitter Blue program for an $8 monthly fee that confers upon the Tweeter multiple benefits, including the much-sought blue badge. A stark distinction so far that separates Twitter Blue accounts with the blue badge from 'notable' accounts verified prior to the new policy rollout is the wording contained within the blue badge.
Twitter has officially rolled out its Twitter Blue program for an $8 monthly fee that confers upon the Tweeter multiple benefits, including the much-sought blue badge. A stark distinction so far that separates Twitter Blue accounts with the blue badge from 'notable' accounts verified prior to the new policy rollout is the wording contained within the blue badge.
Mastodon, the free, open-source, decentralized micro-blogging social media platform, has surpassed a million monthly active users for the first time in its history. The platform's explosive growth was announced today by Eugen Rochko, the creator of Mastodon, who noted that almost half of the new users joined the platform since October 27, 2022, when Elon Musk's sealed the purchase of Twitter.
It's only a week since Elon Musk's take-private of Twitter on 28 October 2022. There's been plenty to set the fur flying, starting with Musk's curious choice of metaphor in arriving at Twitter HQ on takeover day with a kitchen sink, as though the company's products and services were already so close to complete that they needed nothing more than the aforementioned dishwashing receptacle to finish things off.
Following Musk's tweets, BleepingComputer observed newer phishing campaigns emerging with threat actors now targeting verified accounts. Like many phishing emails, these emails convey a false sense of urgency, urging the user to sign-in to their Twitter account or risk "Suspension."
Twitter logged out some users after addressing a bug where some Twitter accounts remained logged on some mobile devices after voluntary password resets. There are some potential privacy risks for Twitter users who were affected by this bug, including having their accounts accessed by others who got their hands on devices that remained logged in without the user's knowledge.
Tech companies are throwing their users to the wolves by allowing company employees, cops, and other third parties to access unprotected messages. "After the reversal of Roe v. Wade and with more rights cutbacks on the way, tech companies are throwing their users to the wolves by allowing company employees, cops, and other third parties to access unprotected messages."