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Dec 29, 2022 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
NEW: Andrew Tate & brother arrested after raid.

Accused of raping two women, one of whom is a US citizen.

Also accused of sex trafficking.

Story [machine-translated from RO] by @Digi24_HD
digi24.ro/stiri/actualit…
2/ #AndrewTate had been banned from Twitter (and plenty of other platforms) but was recently allowed to return by Musk.

Tate has had a rough 24h. Just prior to the arrest @GretaThunberg absolutely wrecked him.
3/ Folks tracking truly dubious influencers like #AndrewTate may recall that that the #manosphere figure was previously raided back in April of 2022 by Romanian authorities.

Here's what Tate said at the time

By @willsommer
thedailybeast.com/police-raid-ma…
4/ Romanian news reports tonight that #AndrewTate and his brother were put on 24h holds after being arrested.

Two Romanian citizens were also detained.

Source: digi24.ro/stiri/actualit…
5/ Romanian news sites vary on the number of Romanians detained alongside #AndrewTate & brother.

Some report a Romanian ex-policewoman was also taken to #DIICOT* for questioning.

*Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime & Terrorism...

Via: antena3.ro/actualitate/fr…

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Dec 28, 2022
Incomprehensibly bad NYT op-ed to crown off the year.

Argument: because @signalapp's developers are focused on of giving us free & secure encrypted chat this is somehow problematic.

Honestly, if I'm going to use a private messaging system I want one designed by *obsessives* Image
2/ Protecting user data from inevitable overreach is not a "lack of faith in good governance."

It's realist pragmatism.

If there's one lesson we've learned from the past 20 years it's that if you retain sensitive of user data... people WILL come after it. Image
3/ Hot take: the real problem isn't the powerful interests trying to mine our data, or treating it recklessly leading to the millionth breach, or dictators.

No.

It's the people trying to protect our data & give us control.

They are the real bad guys. Image
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Dec 26, 2022
NEW: congressman-elect George Santos has begun admitting to fabrications.

- Lied about working at Goldman Sachs
- Lied about working at Citigroup
- Lied about his college degree..

Etc.

What next?

Story: nypost.com/2022/12/26/rep…
"I am not a criminal"

-Congressman-elect #GeorgeSantos really inspiring confidence.
#GeorgeSantos forgot the asterisk after "I am not a criminal"

Story: @migold & @gr_ashford
nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyr…
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Dec 23, 2022
Disinformation targeting Zelensky & wife after DC visit. 👇
The account that posted that bad photoshop of Zelensky's wife... also posts plenty of Russian propaganda.

If it's not abundantly clear, there is a disinformation effort designed to weaken & split US support for Ukraine.
Prior to Elon-twitter, this might be cause for taking a close look at the account pushing this disinformation.

Lots of questions about who is running this & whether it's part of a network.

But now? With Twitter's teams stripped, we are left to guess from the outside.
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Dec 23, 2022
Latest #LastPass breach may be worse than you think.

Attacker didn't just get encrypted passwords.

They got unencrypted URLs.

Think: URLs with account tokens, API keys & credentials, etc...

1/
blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice…
2/ Do your your employees use #LastPass?

Or how about your users?

Do you even know?

The unencrypted URL breach is bad news for your security model, and you should be thinking about mitigations.
3/ The issue: *unencrypted* URLs that #LastPass users have saved may in some cases contain sensitive information that can be leveraged for account access.

The entity that now has this trove of encrypted & unencrypted stuff is clearly well-resourced, capable and strategic.
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Dec 23, 2022
The #LastPass breach (just the latest, btw) is frustrating.

Users that didn't follow "best practices" for their master password are vulnerable (customer password vaults were stolen!).

But also because we've collectively spent years trying to move users to password managers. 1/
2/ #LastPass has a giant target on their back because of the juicy data & password trove that they handle.

And they are absolutely failing their customers.

At this point, each time I hear about Last Pass it's: hey, they had *another breach*
3/ Use a password manager!

It makes it easy to use different passwords for each service you use.

But give #LastPass... a pass.

There many better choices.

Personally, I like @1Password (they are also recommended by @ConsumerReports).
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Dec 22, 2022
BREAKING: #TikTok admits to using app data to spy on journalists including @CristinaCriddle & people connected to them.

Tracked their movements.

By @MsHannahMurphy
ft.com/content/e873b9…
Looks like #TikTok is trying the "few bad apples" approach with their journalist spying internal investigation.
#TikTok spying on journalists proves that #LocationPrivacy matters.

You have no idea who is getting & leveraging logs of your movements.

Right now, the whole issue is a wild west in most jurisdictions.

Including the US.
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