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Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:51 am Twitter's whistleblower is testifying before Congress today.

I'm sure all those tech savvy ancients will be able to follow what he's saying and why it's important...

GORDON wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:30 am First the didn't want Musk to buy it because freedom or something, then he backs out and they are suing him to go through with the purchase.

Buncha schizophrenics over there.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:01 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:30 am First the didn't want Musk to buy it because freedom or something, then he backs out and they are suing him to go through with the purchase.

Buncha schizophrenics over there.

it's cheaper for musk to pay the billion than to buy Twitter, so that's probably what they want

In a wide-ranging hearing that lasted more than two hours, Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko told lawmakers about a range of concerns he has about the company.

Here are some of the highlights:

-Zatko alleged that Twitter is extremely vulnerable to being penetrated and exploited by agents of foreign governments. At one point in his tenure, -Zatko said he raised concerns with an executive that he was confident a foreign operative was on the payroll at a foreign office. The response from the executive, according to Zatko, was: “Well, since we already have one, what is the problem if we have more? Let's keep growing the office.”
-Zatko said that Twitter was not afraid of the US Federal Trade Commission as much as it feared actions by foreign regulators, such as France’s data protection authority, CNIL. The reason, he said is that Twitter expected US regulators to impose only one-time fines or penalties in response to any legal violations by the company. Those fines were "priced in" to its business, he said.
-Zatko detailed some of the personal information Twitter collects on users, including phone numbers and emails, IP addresses and the locations from which users access the platform.
-Zatko alleged that Twitter does not fully understand all of the user data it collects, why it is collected and where it is stored.
-Zatko alleged that it would be possible for a Twitter employee to take over and tweet from the accounts of Senators. "It's not far fetched to say a Twitter employee could take over the accounts of all of the senators in this room," he said, though he never saw such a thing happen in his time at the company.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:59 pm Only the boards opinion matters

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 2:01 pmIn what regard?

TheCatt wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:59 pm The problem. Is that Twitter is many things. It's the management, the employees, the shareholders, and the board.

Only the boards opinion matters, but you've heard all the other voices, which makes 'twitter' seem schizophrenic.