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A comment on Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years. Parent comment

Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by odorousrex on Friday January 18, 2019 @02:43PM (#18942282)
This is what I have been teaching my kids and their cousins:

1) Everything you do on the internet is public

2) Everything you post on the internet is forever

3) Everything above can be traced back to you

I also showed them how easy it is to save private and public snaps without sending a screenshot notification (including video!) and how easy it is to fake.

It's hard to know if it's sinking in or not, but I hope so.

I wish I could show parents who are not tech saavy how to get these points across to their children.

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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by pmlnr on Friday January 18, 2019 @05:42PM (#18943824)
> Everything you post on the internet is forever

I wish it was. Anything on social media maybe, but the broader internet dies in ~10 years.

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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by mlindner on Friday January 18, 2019 @07:20PM (#18944355)
A lot of my forum posts from 2004 are still around. Also web archive exists meaning that all those sites are being archived even if the site hosting that content disappears.
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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by int_19h on Saturday January 19, 2019 @01:35AM (#18945667)
That's not the worst of it - some of my code is still around from circa 2000. It's kinda embarrassing to read now.
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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by tyfon on Friday January 18, 2019 @08:16PM (#18944627)
When I search for my name I get Usenet posts from 1991 :)
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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by PakG1 on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:00AM (#18946091)
I honestly don't know how Snapchat ever was able to maintain the veneer that snaps are temporary and can't come back to haunt you after they disappear. Their own users often would take screenshots, so how did the story that snaps are temporary keep getting promoted?
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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by marcosdumay on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:02PM (#18942466)
All those lines would be better with ", except when you want it to" appended at the end.
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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by vollmond on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:26PM (#18942712)
The entire point of the post is that "what you want" doesn't apply to this.
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Re:Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years by lotyrin on Friday January 18, 2019 @04:48PM (#18943442)
GP's point was, I think, that if you wish for something to be permanent, then it won't be (have backups). Not exactly relevant but not contrary to the core concept we're discussing (being pessimistic about the quality of service).
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