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Joseph Menn
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Joseph Menn
@josephmenn
Covering hacking, disinformation at the Washington Post. Person account. Signal joemenn.01. joemenn.bsky.social, first.last at washpost.com
- Friend of a friend was careful, boosted and unlucky. He died today after Omicron destroyed his lungs and put him on a ventilator. Please do not think that just because it will be mild for most of the vaxed, it must be for you as well.
- New by me: Russian propaganda accounts have bought Twitter blue checks, helping them spread lies about Ukraine to millions of English speakers. Gift article here:
- Fresh U.S presidential candidate @BetoORourke was a member of the country’s oldest hacking group, which has kept his role a secret for decades – until now. My story is up on Reuters at reuters.com/investigates/s…, but let me say a little more in this thread. (1/10)
- "We find strong evidence of political bias on Twitter, but not as many think: (1) it is conservative rather than liberal bias, and (2) it results from user interactions (and abuse) rather than platform algorithms." Wen Chen et al in Nature Communications. cnets.indiana.edu/blog/2021/09/2…
- Now wait one second, what phone number did they use? And don’t tell me you accepted their CREDIT CARD.
- The at least until recently CIO of big VPN ExpressVPN is one of the three former U.S. intelligence operatives who agreed today not to fight charges they illegally helped UAE hack people. Kind of makes you think.
- Something I have wanted to say since I was 15 years old: I am going to work for the Washington Post.Just thrilled to welcome @josephmenn to @washingtonpost tech team as our new digital threats reporter. He’ll cover hacking and other forms of digital disruption, including surveillance, privacy and disinformation, and team up with colleagues all around the newsroom. Welcome, Joe!
- If you care about phone security, why WOULDN'T you get a Greenwald-endorsed, Chinese made model built by a Cyprus company being peddled by Erik Prince to Steve Bannon fans? x.com/HowellONeill/s…
- Everybody: I am leaving Reuters after the most productive and satisfying decade of my career. I have been very lucky to work at such a decent, collegial and industrious place with wide reach and no bias. If you have appreciated my work, please read and/or RT this THREAD.
- Hundreds of Twitter engineers can tweet as any Twitter user without detection, a new whistleblower has told Congress and the Federal Trade Commission. Only from the Post,
- Replying to @josephmennTo my critics: Ernie was unusually unlucky. Years ago, I was unusually lucky. I am not here to scare people nor to teach remedial math. Vax, boost, mask, bear in mind that while things are much better, there are still risks for you and others less fortunate, and act accordingly.
