Comments on: Britney & Baracks Twitter accounts hacked http://jesuspresley.net/britney-baracks-twitter-accounts-hacked/ Music, the web and some eye candy. News on viral media, open source gadgets and artsy fartsy visuals Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jesus Presley http://jesuspresley.net/britney-baracks-twitter-accounts-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Jesus Presley Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:27:14 +0000 http://www.jesuspresley.net/blog/?p=319#comment-201 I agree on the trust reducing issue. On the other hand: It's just twitter accounts. Of course I'd go berserk if someone had hacked mine - but I hope I still know how to live without it. I agree on the trust reducing issue.

On the other hand: It’s just twitter accounts. Of course I’d go berserk if someone had hacked mine – but I hope I still know how to live without it.

]]> By: Markus http://jesuspresley.net/britney-baracks-twitter-accounts-hacked/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Markus Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:15:32 +0000 http://www.jesuspresley.net/blog/?p=319#comment-200 It destroys the overall trust in Web 2.0 tools if they are highjacked often and misused. That's bad because people will stop using them and be more and more cautious on the information they provide. That reduces the transparency of the internet. But we are indeed naive if we do not learn some basic steps on how to hide information when necessary. And further, crime prosecution is necessary: If one steals private data, this is the same as if you steal material goods. And of course you need to prosecute that. If law officials are not able to track down these thieves, then I wonder why we allow these technologies at all. But this case I believe is just a marketing gag that did not work out - high profile twitter account? Do we really believe that Barack Obama uses a private PC to send twitter messages around? On the other hand this is useful: we all just need to learn that if we offer private content on ourselves, that of course it can be misused. A child knows that if gets a banking card, this is private and not official. Important messages should not be adressed with a tool that you do not use for long time. Still surprising how few people use pgp-mails - propably because there is still a lot of trust and that is good thing. It destroys the overall trust in Web 2.0 tools if they are highjacked often and misused. That’s bad because people will stop using them and be more and more cautious on the information they provide. That reduces the transparency of the internet. But we are indeed naive if we do not learn some basic steps on how to hide information when necessary. And further, crime prosecution is necessary: If one steals private data, this is the same as if you steal material goods. And of course you need to prosecute that. If law officials are not able to track down these thieves, then I wonder why we allow these technologies at all.

But this case I believe is just a marketing gag that did not work out – high profile twitter account? Do we really believe that Barack Obama uses a private PC to send twitter messages around?

On the other hand this is useful: we all just need to learn that if we offer private content on ourselves, that of course it can be misused.

A child knows that if gets a banking card, this is private and not official. Important messages should not be adressed with a tool that you do not use for long time. Still surprising how few people use pgp-mails – propably because there is still a lot of trust and that is good thing.

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