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		cortesoft on July 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in si... If you make a shutdown button, that becomes a new target for hackers

jackson1442 on July 15, 2020 | [–]

There's always a shutdown button. Twitter can simply edit the DNS records to point to a static maintenance page.

Tokkemon on July 16, 2020 | | [–]

Yup, people forget sometimes the core fundamentals here. These are just websites at the end of the day.

panopticon on July 15, 2020 | | [–]

Any more of a target than the other administration/moderation tools Twitter has available?

RunawayGalaxy on July 16, 2020 | [–]

To what end?

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