We need the guys at CMU (who also operate CERT) to engineer a replacement and setup a program for interns to operate it as a private non-profit for the rest of time.
The system that is out there now has been a running technological joke since it was (sort of) running on Windows and it would be My_ dust now if it weren't for the President who they now (rightly or wrongly) scorn. Some seriously bad things can (and probably are going to) happen to actual human beings because of that s*faced idiot phoning it in for way too long. He doesn't get to impact the democracy or influence the beating of other human beings hearts because he is not competent or careful enough to be trusted in such capacity.
Did hackers download DIRECT MESSAGES from some Twitter accounts, something that should not be possible were the system correctly engineered and professionally operated?
Would it be naive to expect that this is the first time this mechanism has been used just because it is new to the Public?
If this mechanism has been used before, would it not be safe to assume that sponsors with virtually unlimited resources (such as foreign states) would have employed it to spy on their adversaries?
Would it be logical to conclude that the consequences of such adversaries having their DIRECT MESSAGES revealed resulted in personal injury and loss to those individuals and their associated social graph?
Wasn't Twitter a system setup by some beach bums using a bunch of old buggy Windows systems that barely worked and although it has been reengineered, isn't that same group still calling the shots (only now amplified ten orders of magnitude by additional funding)?
Shouldn't there be a better system, setup and operated by the best software engineers (like those at CMU) available to the Public along with a clear indication of why? --You know, before anyone else realizes personal injury or loss due to the actions of distracted beach bums calling the shots on the current system?
The system that is out there now has been a running technological joke since it was (sort of) running on Windows and it would be My_ dust now if it weren't for the President who they now (rightly or wrongly) scorn. Some seriously bad things can (and probably are going to) happen to actual human beings because of that s*faced idiot phoning it in for way too long. He doesn't get to impact the democracy or influence the beating of other human beings hearts because he is not competent or careful enough to be trusted in such capacity.