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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Nextgrid on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:14PM (#23852871)
Cryptocurrency scams have been going on for years despite the fix being an easy "if reply to a high-profile account and contains the words "bitcoin" or "giveaway" then ban".

If they couldn't (or didn't want to) do it then I very much doubt they can do it now.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Polylactic_acid on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:22PM (#23853663)
Instead twitter will repeatedly ban my account for having very little activity.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Nextgrid on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:47PM (#23853917)
The automatic bans on new accounts are just a scummy tactic to get everyone's phone numbers.
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