Bill C.Apr 8, 2023
Micah Lee
Twitter deploys classic Elon Musk tactics to hunt down source code leaker https://theintercept.com/2023/04/08/twitter-dmca-github-musk/
Twitter Deploys Classic Musk Tactics to Hunt Down Leaker

The social media giant’s copyright infringement claim against GitHub shows that websites can be compelled to violate users’ privacy.

The Intercept
Apr 8, 2023 at 3:47pmWeb
Show threadSebastian LasseApr 8, 2023

@micahflee

It makes double-sense that they then publish their source code on github and did a forced update.
Not. Not. Not.
https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/issues/598

The Forced Update and RequestQueryFeatureHydrator.scala · Issue #598 · twitter/the-algorithm

Describe the bug You just did a forced update of the repo, this is very uncommon for transparent projects in the Public Interest. All of this is very confusing also because different twitter employ...

GitHub
Show thread莫世杰moniesokeApr 8, 2023
@micahflee Didn’t Elon said he want to open source Twitter’s code?
Show threadJohnApr 8, 2023
@moniesoke @micahflee he also said he was going to leave 🤷‍♂️
Show threadᴚ uɐᗡApr 8, 2023

@micahflee

"Use a VPN to access GitHub" is a phrase I didn't expect to say today

Show threadJohnApr 8, 2023
@dannotdaniel @micahflee at this rate I’m gonna have to have a VPN on permanently 🫠
Show threadTc001Apr 8, 2023
@dannotdaniel @micahflee Always on VPN ftw!
(As long as they can't match IPs across services)
Show threada8eApr 9, 2023
@dannotdaniel @micahflee I‘m using a VPN always on every device. There is no reason to do it any other way.
Show threadsirshannonApr 8, 2023
@micahflee I can’t read the artice w/o signing up.
I assume Elon told the media that the leaker was a pedo?
Show threadAaron SterrApr 8, 2023
@micahflee Facist tactics?
Show threadLAURENApr 8, 2023
@micahflee His amendment to the filing signals to me that elon is willing to give over all information about any twitter users to anyone that demands it in the future. He can't ask for this Github information without the full expectation that this could be used against him and twitter in the future. I am fairly certain that's his intent. Public figures need to get off of twitter like yesterday.