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Twitter Warns of Suspicious Traffic Coming From China and Russia (reuters.com)
Suspicious traffic to a Twitter user forum appears to be part of a government-backed activity coming from China and Russia, a Twitter spokesman told Reuters Monday. The company said it is yet to determine the reason for the activity, but is choosing to notify users out of an abundance of caution.
Additionally: Twitter bug leaks phone number country codes.
Additionally: Twitter bug leaks phone number country codes.
that they won't pocket the ad revenue from the extra traffic.
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Maybe we should all switch.
I don't get the Soros complaint angle. So plutocrats with deep pockets to spend on political causes are bad? Wouldn't that make Koch's bad? Or are you cherry-picking your plutocrats?
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"(This story corrects to show Twitter saying suspicious traffic appears to be coming from China and Saudi Arabia, not China and Russia) "
seems reuters (and /.) has too much russia on its mind and sees russia everywhere.
The key objective in a war, is to get what you want by any means possible. Wither that is land, material, workers, or just follow your ideas or not being a threat to your security.
Today, why bother with all the killing, when you can obtain your objectives via hacking the media. I
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I cherry pick based on how much they make my life suck
Hey Anonymous Coward, can you provide some concrete fact-based examples of exactly how Soros has "made your life suck?"
Half-dozen or so examples should be fine.
Seems they have found another nation and China in an update. Strange how its always Russia until its not, but its still Russia :)
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Want me to continue?
No. But I do want you to answer the question. How exactly did those things you listed make your life "suck?" How has Black Lives Matter or Ferguson specifically made your life "suck?"
Please go through the list and explain how each of these items have explicitly impacted you negatively.
There has _always_ been adversarial traffic from foreign countries, including from foreign government-sponsored entities. There will _always_ be such traffic. All these reports are is CYA: if, god forbid, someone in Russia were to spend $6k promoting Black Lives Matter they can say âoesee, we told you it was happeningâ. This is not new, this happens all the time, and is done by all countries. Furthermore, thereâ(TM)s no way to reliably tell if adversary is a government or not, and any assertions to the contrary are pure propaganda.
And all of these have literally made your life more miserable?
Do you hear voices in your head? Do you wear a tinfoil hat? Does it help?
Open Society Foundations
Yeah, Buba! you tell'em!! Fighting for human rights - like the LGBTQFAGS - and health issues like AIDs (more fags), education (who needs that!), women's rights around the world, and other things for the better of society and everyone. Doesn't he know that the World is just for us white heterosexual men!
- Ferguson
With you on that. Craig Ferguson ain't that funny.
- BLM
Yeah, what's his problem with Bowel Lower Management.
- Ready For Hillary Super PAC
Damn straight there! We are lucky that we have Trump who is waging these trade wars that are bankrupting the very farmers who voted for him, signed a tax bill that rewarded Republican donors and will straddle the USA with another trillion dollars in debt and ...I'm waiting for the promise of that Trillion for infrastructure but I guess that's after the wall.
- Causing financial crises in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia
Yeah those globalists **cough**Jews**cough** are ruining our lives! But I support Israel and the trillion dollars we dumped into the Middle East for FREEDOM!!!
Want me to continue?
No need for me!! I've friended you on facebook and I like the same Russian feeds or this guy in the USA. because we Conservatives KNOW that whatever is posted on facebook and liked by our brethern is the TRUTH!
Well I lived in St. Louis during the Ferguson thing, and not only did it fuck up my work commute and a planned trip via airplane, but I ended up pulling triple duty at work for a week because several of my black co workers had to stay home (yes, in Ferguson) sitting around with loaded guns to keep their homes from being looted.
Well, China and Saudi Arabia actually, but why not toss Russia in the mix, those filthy communists make good scapegoats.
Yes, someone lost their life and we should definitely all be upset that yout commute got interrupted. Not to mention the absurdity on blaming it on George Soros. You, Sir, appear to be a vile human being.
that's what I'm reading. The U.S. wants to lie, lie, and lie some more, and if someone corrects or contradicts the lies, then it's suspicous propaganda.
Your life? To be frank, we don't care much about your personal preferences any more than you care about ours.
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Wow I totally agree.
All countries that don't give their citizens any power in governance, but especially those ones that give the appearance of democracy but are actually plutocratic.
The ones that only have two parties, neither of which acts in the interests of the citizens. You know, the ones that don't have preferential voting which effectively kills off the chance of a competing third party.
We need to build a wall around these shitty countries!
Next time, when we tell you there are hundreds of thousands of fake twitter bots, and turn them in to you, believe us.
Note it's probably a lot worse than that.
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The fact that you don't know that Ferguson and BLM are very much connected to Soros tells me you're an imbecile.
Sigh. Typical Soros-blaming Anonymous Coward - Completely incapable of answering the simple question asked, so simply deflects to irrelevancy and lobs an insult.
Who's the imbecile again?
If they were that powerful, that email server would mysteriously disappear.
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Twitter is full of twats. :)
For a happy life, avoid Twitter.
(At least, don’t read the comments to the people you follow. )
L'Idiot
Do you feel better?
Yep.
I don't overdo it (that'll kill you) but a troll a week (or thereabouts) is cathartic.
"Wall them off -- online and offline. No internet. No visas. No trade. No food. No energy. No nothing."
But American politics don't seem anywhere near walling off Saudi Arabia.