Marc Rogers 🥜 👋🏼 ⚠️Why shouldn’t you just delete your #twitter ? Abandoned social media accounts represent the same risk as abandoned domain names. Name #squatting works because reputation and influence gets attached over an account’s life -Those followers you spent time building up don’t just dissipate when you go. For a threat actor this is a huge opportunity. Some accounts carry more #influence than presidents. So if you stop using an account purge it, leave a last message, then securely lock it. (Please share)
Melissa@cj Many people agree with you, but I am not worried that my former Twitter name will be used by someone in a way that will confuse people. I had almost 10K followers, built up over 14 years and I was not an "influencer". I was fairly unique. My Twitter world would not be theirs. And...see my pinned toot on oligarchs. I want nothing more to do with Twitter, so I closed the account.
@mtechman That assumes the threat actor is going after “high profile” handles.
I can assure you that quality of connections is often the currency they are looking for. Its the same reason ordinary families get targeted in social media #scams. #influence is relative, you don’t have to be Taylor Swift to be valuable. This risk increases exponentially when you factor in the use of well established handles for disinformation campaigns.
Anyway what do you lose by playing safe?
I can assure you that quality of connections is often the currency they are looking for. Its the same reason ordinary families get targeted in social media #scams. #influence is relative, you don’t have to be Taylor Swift to be valuable. This risk increases exponentially when you factor in the use of well established handles for disinformation campaigns.
Anyway what do you lose by playing safe?