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With the pending election & ops in full force, there's been an increase in the infiltration of bot accts.
Bots may be benign but their directive can be changed & they have full access to your acct if not blocked.
Some being followed are having functional difficulties
With the pending election & ops in full force, there's been an increase in the infiltration of bot accts.
Bots may be benign but their directive can be changed & they have full access to your acct if not blocked.
Some being followed are having functional difficulties
Some bot accts are old & are hacked or purchased, some are new.
When did they start tweeting?
Does it make sense for when the acct was created?
Who do they follow? Who follows them?
They are usually connected to a botnet.
What's a botnet?
Find out here.
usa.kaspersky.com/resource-cente…
When did they start tweeting?
Does it make sense for when the acct was created?
Who do they follow? Who follows them?
They are usually connected to a botnet.
What's a botnet?
Find out here.
usa.kaspersky.com/resource-cente…
Once you learn what to look for, bot accts are easily identified. 🤖🤖
Some have the plain NPC pfp like @imehran1997 & have 0 or a few tweets. Others like @BriyarKhodayar are slightly more developed and have been given a pfp.
They should ALL be blocked if they are following you.
Some have the plain NPC pfp like @imehran1997 & have 0 or a few tweets. Others like @BriyarKhodayar are slightly more developed and have been given a pfp.
They should ALL be blocked if they are following you.
