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Re:Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack by rootsudo on Friday July 31, 2020 @06:29PM (#24014962)
Yes, many people consider facebook and Twitter "The Internet." and while they are just two giant tech companies publishing web apps.

Networking Layer is invisible to 99% of users nowadays. "it just works."

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Re:Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack by Sebb767 on Friday July 31, 2020 @07:46PM (#24015736)
> Networking Layer is invisible to 99% of users nowadays. "it just works."

Yes, but the problem is that it didn't take someone who knows better to hack what is (used as) an official government communication platform. Or one of the largest social networks, or a company with thousands of engineers - take your pick; it's hard to put this in a good light.

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