Marcus Hutchins Apr 10

Just woke up to find out the president has revoked the security clearances of everyone at a cybersecurity company because Chris Krebs went to work there. Krebs was his director for the agency in charge of Cybersecurity & Election Security during his first term and refuted his claim the 2020 election was "stolen".

Revoking the clearance of every employee basically kills the company's ability to do government contracts, which is a major source of revenue for cybersecurity companies. The White House press release also restates the false claim that the 2020 election was "rigged and stolen".

The US is basically a fascist dictatorship at this point. One where the president goes after entire companies because a single person spoke out against his verifiably false claims. You'd have to be completely insane to travel here right now.

Show threadAlan Langford ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงค๐ŸงŠๆ‘Apr 10
@malwaretech Yeah, with the opinions I've expressed, I'd wind up in el Salvador in no time.
Show threadScotty Trees
@alan auto delete toots are a thing some ppl use too, probably just for that very reason. God I hate this timeline we're stuck in right now....
Apr 10 at 3:22amWeb
Show threadAlan Langford ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงค๐ŸงŠๆ‘Apr 10
@scottytrees If that's the reason they have auto-delete, they're screwed. I can assure them that various agencies around the world have archived everything, and that many of these agencies are happy to share that information with each other when asked.
Show threadTor LillqvistApr 10

@alan @scottytrees And not only "various agencies". I am sure that if you are even a bit well-known and "annoying", there are lots of alt-right keyboard warriors that take pride in "archiving" everything you publicly publish.

Deleting stuff you wrote from the Internet is just a cosmetic exercise, it is irrelevant from a security POV.

Of course, the same holds for sane/liberal/left-wing keyboard warriors. (No, I don't do it)