Twitter accounts are being hijacked for spam

Re:Twitter accounts are being hijacked for spam by rubyfan on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:25AM (#20015366)

Maybe twitter could show something on the card “CNN.com via malicious.example.com”? Personally I like knowing when I’m clicking a tracked or affiliate link anyway.

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Re:Twitter accounts are being hijacked for spam by liability on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:33AM (#20015412)

I'm not sure how many people that would work for. If malicious.example.com were some pithy little domain on a trendy ccTLD like bit.ly, I think most twitter users would ignore it, assuming it was yet another URL shortener.

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Re:Twitter accounts are being hijacked for spam by nkozyra on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:28AM (#20015378)

This is probably the only viable choice other than randomizing user agents, which is dicey enough on its own.

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