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If you use twitter alot, beware of DM with “LOL is this You” or variants of this message. The official twitter trust and safety account issued a warning about potential phishing attempts. he latest attack redirects user from a legitimate looking link to a fake twitter login page. Once users type in their usernames and password, their accounts can be taken over by scammers. To combat this, twitter support page advises users to revoke access for any 3rd-party application that you dont recognise in the “Connections” setting.

I’m wondering why not just disable that as a default feature from the on set and only ask for permission if the account holder wants to allow 3rd party application access?

Read more about this at BrisbaneTimes.com.au

Twitter goes big business as services go after big businesses on Twitter. What does that mean? CoTweet knows.
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