Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs?

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Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 5, 2009 @04:36AM from the sure-why-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Twitter's been hit by a big phishing scam. Culture Crash blogger Dan Tynan says this is the end of Twitter's innocence. Will tweets become like email, with two out of every three just worthless spam?"

22 of 301 comments (clear)

Innocence? by TurboNed · 2009-01-05 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny

this is the end Twitter's innocence.
Isn't this the internet? What's innocent?
1. Re:Innocence? by Xtense · 2009-01-05 04:42 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  For a truly internet-friendly explanation:
  Innocence is like loli before your ingame avatar gets his hands on her.
  *a loud "oooooooh, i get it!" runs through the audience*
  There you go! :)
  
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  "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams [...]."
2. Re:Innocence? by larry+bagina · 2009-01-05 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I'm not sure if you're referring to twitter or the twitter phishing site :/
  
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  Do you even lift?
  These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
3. Re:Innocence? by Xtense · 2009-01-05 05:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Then i have just one tip for you:
  Run. Don't turn back, run! RUN!
  
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  "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams [...]."
4. Re:Innocence? by owlnation · 2009-01-05 05:15 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I'm referring to Twitter. Whose marketing dept should probably be the first against the wall in any revolution.
5. Re:Innocence? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-05 05:25 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Now with a fresh pine scent!
This is why by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-05 04:44 · Score: 3, Funny

we can never have nice things!
Re:Let's hope so by Xtense · 2009-01-05 04:45 · Score: 4, Funny

Somehow my mind refuses to acknowledge that "w" in "Twitterverse".
And thus my imagination brewed a beautiful image...

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"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams [...]."
Please say yes by Hoplite3 · 2009-01-05 04:49 · Score: 4, Funny

"Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs?"
*Crosses fingers*
A man can dream...

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Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef by larry+bagina · 2009-01-05 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

2008-1-5 11:53AM - just took a dump.

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Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef by gEvil+(beta) · 2009-01-05 05:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Celebrating the one year anniversary?

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This guy's the limit!
Re:Let me rephrase that question... by xstonedogx · 2009-01-05 05:13 · Score: 4, Funny

You are implying one in three has value. I beg to differ.
xstonedogx is reading slashdot.
xstonedogx is scratching his crotch.
xstonedogx alsj;dfl;kj;
xstonedogx Sorry everybody, that was my cat.
xstonedogx is reading slashdot.
xstonedogx got up to get a Mountain Dew and some Cheetos.
xstonedogx is reading slashdot.
xstonedogx discovered the Higgs Boson.
xstonedogx False alarm.
xstonedogx HANNAH MONTANA RULES.
xstonedogx is punching his sister.
xstonedogx is cleverer than you.
xstonedogx is cleverer a word? is it more clever?
no by daveb · 2009-01-05 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

unfortunately
Re:Let me rephrase that question... by thrillseeker · 2009-01-05 05:27 · Score: 5, Funny

your thoughts are intriguing ... can I follow you?
Re:Let's hope so by Nethead · 2009-01-05 05:54 · Score: 4, Funny

Me too! (c)AOL, 1996

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Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef by Dishevel · 2009-01-05 06:15 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm sorry. Did you just say that you like something because it takes no brain power for you to use?
Cause that is just sad.

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Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
Re:No, end of services by Zenaku · 2009-01-05 06:21 · Score: 4, Funny

If my toilet cant twitter then I'll stop using it.
Um. . . do you mean Twitter or the toilet?

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If fate makes you a motorcycle, you become a motorcycle.
Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef by HertzaHaeon · 2009-01-05 06:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Conversations? Bah, back in my day, we used to grunt and throw rocks at each other to communicate. Then som smart whipper-snapper like you came along with his fancy language, destroying our fine old traditions.
If there's one thing I've learned from Twitter by dmomo · 2009-01-05 06:43 · Score: 2, Funny

It's that Tim O'Reilly doesn't sleep!
http://twitter.com/timoreilly
And that this "old-timer" is more in touch with technology and society than I will ever be.
Re:That would imply that non spam tweets were usef by CraftyJack · 2009-01-05 07:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Throw rocks? You and your fancy tools. It's club-wielding whippersnappers like you that chased us away from the watering hole years back.
Re:No, end of services by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-05 07:28 · Score: 5, Funny

If my toilet cant twitter then I'll stop using it.
Um. . . do you mean Twitter or the toilet?
Whichever. They're both full of shit.
A new portmanteau... by teh+kurisu · 2009-01-05 07:29 · Score: 2, Funny

FTA:

But "Twitter phishing scam" is too clumsy a phrase. We need a new portmanteau. Twishing? Twitphishing? Something like that. Because this is far from the last we will see of this scam.

I vote for 'whaling', or possibly 'phailwhaling'.