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[Ourobolus]

that account has almost 8000 followers now, lol

 

[SexyFish]

Gawker is screaming to find another person to leak sex tapes/out as a homosexual, I guess.

 

[Kaiterra]

This is just fuckin' creepy, fuck off Gizmodo

 

[Call me YHWH]

This is real gross.

Half tempted to email the writer. But I guess she'd find my Twitter I use to refresh Granblue and out it.

 

[Brakke]

Nothing about this is doxxing in the way that doxxing is bad. It's a protected Twitter account, so he can control who can see it or use it to communicate with him. The only disruption to him is he gets a bunch of follower requests?

I thought the Instagram vector was particularly interesting. Seems like an innocuous feature but in this small-network private-account edge case, it ended up malfunctioning in a significant way.

 

[ReAxion]

Nothing about this is doxxing in the way that doxxing is bad. It's a protected Twitter account, so he can control who can see it or use it to communicate with him. The only disruption to him is he gets a bunch of follower requests?

I thought the Instagram vector was particularly interesting. Seems like an innocuous feature but in this small-network private-account edge case, it ended up malfunctioning in a significant way.

and we already know who he is and what he does for a living.

instagram does weird shit. i've never liked anything or posted anything and it suggests people and things to me, it says, based on things i've liked.

 

[j_k_redtail]

I'm confused. He's not allowed to tweet?

As far as I can tell, the account has no tweets. So it's not interesting at all.

 

[DerangedHermit]

Ignoring Jizzmodo's continued demonstrations about why they're an awful rag, the story is yet another example of how you can create Personally Identifiable Information out of details that themselves aren't PII. Even innocuous things can end up exposing your identity online.

Yep but that's not going through the head of all the "it's fine if you have nothing to hide" ignorant dumbasses that show up on privacy threads.

 

[jono51]

Well, well, well. The hunter becomes the hunted. Perhaps it's time to consider following Eddie Snowcone's example Mr Comey.

 

[kess]

This is where Comey flips out and goes Voltron with Trump to destroy Liberal Media forever

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Well, well, well. The hunter becomes the hunted. Perhaps it's time to consider following Eddie Snowcone's example Mr Comey.

Sell out to the Russians?

 

[KdylanR92]

This reads like an Onion article.

 

[Diprosalic]

 

[Zantetsuken]

A master class in stalking. A super sleuth for the new age.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Stalkish...

 

[Rentahamster]

So is doxxing okay when journalists do it?

 

[Abstrusity]

Mysterious disappearance in 3, 2....

 

[Izuna]

After reading all of that

so?

 

[elrechazado]

Personal spaces = secret now.

 

[Chet Rippo]

So in the end, they found nothing of note, but ran with the story anyway?

 

[thesaucetastic]

Literally what was the point of doxxing him.

 

[Earthbound64]

Yeah, let's dox the director of the FBI

What could go wrong?

Seems like a good idea.

So in the end, they found nothing of note, but ran with the story anyway?

Probably had to justify all the time they had spent doing it.

 

[smokeymicpot]

His first tweet.

 

[thehypocrite]

"I value privacy"

Media - "Fuck your privacy because no reason"

This isn't journalism.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

This isn't journalism.

This is journalism, and he seems to be taking it better than most people here.

His first tweet.

Instagram too.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSR7b-5jxvA/

 

[Brakke]

So in the end, they found nothing of note, but ran with the story anyway?

Now, of course there wasn't going to be anything incriminating or juicy or salacious there; you'd have to be an idiot to conduct the people's work over Twitter.

The fact that they could get it is the thing of note. Lots of people -- up to and including people who are serious about cyber security, such as the FBI director -- overestimate the strength of anonymity on the internet, and underestimate the trail their activities create.

The FBI context is p important too. In this case, the trail stops at the protected Twitter page. But if it was the FBI itself doing this sleuthing, they would've just called Twitter and gotten access to the page (or gotten a court order compelling Twitter to reveal it or whatever). You shouldn't ever expect anonymity or obscurity to protect you. An even halfway-serious investigator can probably follow your trail.

 

[thehypocrite]

This is journalism, and he seems to be taking it better than most people here.


Instagram too.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSR7b-5jxvA/

Why is this journalism?

 

[Brakke]

Why is this journalism?

"Not." "Is." "Isn't!". Not a particularly valuable exchange you're carrying on with here.

Why don't you make your case?

 

[Magwik]

I know he had nothing to do with it, but when the Congress is cool with ISP's selling off your browsing history to the highest bidder, fuck it. Time to go scorched earth.

Oh I didn't realize that Comey himself is responsible for all of that

 

[kirblar]

Why is this journalism?

Same reason figuring out a white supremacist WH staffer's twitter account is news. They're public figures, it's a public platform, and it gives insight into who they are as people and what they're thinking.

In Comey's case this was clearly a burner account he can replace without a problem, but those "likes" still give us an idea of where his head (and the investigation) is at.

 

[CloudyTuba]

Step up your game, James. You're the man.

People tend to leave trails everywhere even though they don't realize it. I thought the director of the FBI would be a little better at it, though. Don't use names that mean something personal to you and don't cross the streams with other services. Treat each account as an island. Each account will reveal another tidbit, and when enough accounts are found, the tidbits add up too and reveal more trails.

Be careful online dudes. If the director of the FBI can be found, so can we. Everybody slips up from time to time.

 

[Earthbound64]

The fact that they could get it is the thing of note. Lots of people -- up to and including people who are serious about cyber security, such as the FBI director -- overestimate the strength of anonymity on the internet, and underestimate the trail their activities create.

Indeed. In the thing about Internet Providers being able to sell / distribute information, there were people who actually thought "InPrivate"/"Incognito" browsing actually did anything against that. Many people really have no idea about what is available, obtainable, and discoverable on the internet.

Making the FBI Director aware of that at this time probably is a useful thing.

 

[thehypocrite]

"Not." "Is." "Isn't!". Not a particularly valuable exchange you're carrying on with here.

Why don't you make your case?

Then move along.

Same reason figuring out a white supremacist WH staffer's twitter account is news. They're public figures, it's a public platform, and it gives insight into who they are as people and what they're thinking.

In Comey's case this was clearly a burner account he can replace without a problem, but those "likes" still give us an idea of where his head (and the investigation) is at.

Sure, or just an extension of their performance. Well, I think I fail to see the value of this endeavor, but I guess some people do. Enjoy the findings.

 

[Dr.Acula]

This turned into the nerdiest ARG and the prize is a job at the FBI.

 

[ultratruman]

This is cool

 

[Hazaro]

Indeed. In the thing about Internet Providers being able to sell / distribute information, there were people who actually thought "InPrivate"/"Incognito" browsing actually did anything against that. Many people really have no idea about what is available, obtainable, and discoverable on the internet.

Making the FBI Director aware of that at this time probably is a useful thing.

ding ding ding

Sames would go for anyone who would have voted for the ISP data selling to pass (inc. the Dems who's votes weren't needed).

 

[Brakke]

Then move along.

Demand other people justify their positions, fliply refuse to justify your own. I'm sorry, but you just made it so easy:

thehypocrite
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[FSLink]

Ignoring Jizzmodo's continued demonstrations about why they're an awful rag, the story is yet another example of how you can create Personally Identifiable Information out of details that themselves aren't PII. Even innocuous things can end up exposing your identity online.

Yup.

But seriously, he's the director of the FBI. If he learns people found the accounts, he'd just....oh shit, switch accounts.

 

[Ourobolus]

Either it's actually Comey's twitter, or whomever has it has a sense of humor:

 

[Meier]

I thought it was good reporting. The thing I was most surprised at was the number of IG posts. Dude is seriously prolific. I have been using it for 6 years or so and have around 800 posts.

 

[Hyperactivity]

It's sort of scary how far you can get on basic google and just snooping

 

[Bishman]

If Comey can get found, then we are all screwed.

 

[Gnome Scat]

"I value privacy"

Media - "Fuck your privacy because clicks"

Fixed.

 

[Zips]

Dumb and weird.