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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow can anyone be sure a Trump tweet is really him?
What if Twitter gets compromised somehow and a tweet goes out like:
"Fed up with North Korea. ICBMs are flying. MAGA!"
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How can anyone be sure a Trump tweet is really him? (Original Post)
Girard442
Jul 2017
OP
Point is, how crazy it is to conduct policy over a totally vulnerable channel.
Girard442
Jul 2017
#3
Great point! Policy shouldn't come from an unsecured man and unsecured device
NightWatcher
Jul 2017
#6
Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)1. "I am my brothers keeper"
Something like that would let us know it isn't him. He probable has something similar to yours ready to copy and paste for a tweet. He's one morning bout of constipation away from starting a war.
Girard442
(6,070 posts)3. Point is, how crazy it is to conduct policy over a totally vulnerable channel.
Hmmm... future Onion headline:
"Deranged hackers seize control of Trump's Twitter account. No one notices."
former9thward
(32,003 posts)2. There is nothing on the internet that we know is real.
Nothing.
Goonch
(3,607 posts)4. General Malaise
Eugene
(61,891 posts)5. Would the White House even admit the account was compromised? covfefe
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)6. Great point! Policy shouldn't come from an unsecured man and unsecured device
I'll bet hackers try daily to gain control of that account.