twitter not paying whitehats. what could go wrong?
this one recently disclosed a vulnerability that would have allowed people to gain control of the twitter accounts of users who merely clicked malicious links
Chaofan Shou @shoucccc 10h And we got the full JS exploit to chain with this XSS vulnerability! In another word, visiting this link earlier today would take over your account: Chaofan Shou @shoucccc 10h It is highly irresponsible for Twitter to ignore these security issues and not pay the whitehats. The architecture and design patterns also need to be corrected. x_austin X (Formerly Twitter) staff closed the report and changed the status to Resolved. Updated 6 hours ago X (Formerly Twitter) has decided that this report is not eligible for a bounty. 6 hours ago No award due to program ban
rabbit @rabbit_2333 I submitted this bug report and didn't receive a bounty. You told me that this bug has existed for a year. Seeing that you haven't fixed it for so long, it seems that this bug is not important, so I made it public. Screenshot of conversation from HackerOne: x_austin X (Formerly Twitter) staff posted a comment. a minute ago @rabbit2333 why are you publicly disclosing security issues instead of submitting them to our bug bounty program? Would you mind deleting this post? This is something we're aware of and are addressing. Image F2918855: image.png 26.90 KIB
We passed 20,000 followers in this week on #mastodon!
In less than a year, we've accumulated 29% of the followers we got in 9 years of regular posting on the #birdsite, and we get far, far more engagement with our content here.
Thank you.
We will continue to post regularly here because we have found it is a community that values our kind of thoughtful journalism, written by experts for the public.
If you know folks who haven't discovered us yet, we'd really appreciate a boost #Newstodon
In #birdsite news, our Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti has been suspended with no warning or explanation, along with numerous other #journalism accounts such as Ken Klippenstein, Rob Rousseau and others.
(edit: Steven and at least some others appear to have been reinstated.) #SocialMedia#ElonMusk
It won't be long before the Sand Hill Cranes return to New Mexico. Beautiful large birds standing nearly 5 feet tall return by the 1000s during their annual migration.
#introduction Hey everyone~ I'm Sam, I write code for a living. Started when I was 11, self taught, and never stopped learning or working since! I'm 28 now, and wow does that feels weird to say.
Been trying out different #fediverse things ever since the #birdsite went up in 🔥s. Trying to find a new home online, and thought this place looked rather interesting.
I love to play #games, so a big #gamer. I #stream sometimes, but a tad #shy so trying to get over that. Actually do #gamedev as a hobby. If I find something interesting enough, I usually start contributing towards it...so never sure what I'll be up to next.
Hopefully this place becomes my new home. Thanks for reading and maybe following if I'm interesting enough for ya~
Gotta say, first impressions of #calckey are pretty good. Love the length of posts, and how I can mark them up. I'm a #markdown fanboy so yay. Hit me up & let's chat about something fun, woo~
Over on #birdsite, the hate group American College of Pediatricians claims they have been subject to a cyberattack when actually they just left 10,000 private files in a completely unsecured Google Drive. Aka they cyberattacked themselves: https://nitter.nl/ACPeds/status/1656630733966909441#m
'It looks like they’ve finally done it. For years, the far right has repeatedly tried and failed to set up a social network of their own – one where they can spread conspiracy theories and sow hate without any of the pesky content moderation that happens on the big tech platforms. [...]
You know why that is? Because there’s no longer any need: Elon Musk has successfully turned Twitter into a site where extremists have free rein."
Elon Musk went from being the Henry Ford of our generation (admired carmaker, brilliant salesman) to being the Henry Ford of our generation (conspiracy theorist, Nazi-enabler)
People don't realize the damage to vulnerable people the birdsite collapse has, a platform they use for mutual aid, community support, and crowdfunding is gone.
Whether you like it or not people are harmed by the end of it.
So if it makes you feel better to see it die, consider those whose survival depends on those connections.
There aren't other platforms currently with the same networks and capabilities.
Welcome to all the #birdsite refugees coming into Mastodon for the first time after these most recent events. I promise you that if you give it time to get the hang of it, you will find a much more friendly, chill, and helpful community than you can find almost anywhere else when it comes to social media. The entire Fediverse as a whole has become a home for me, and I hope it does for you as well.