What Do Social Media Workers Do

On the Dark Web, data may be available from as many as 5.4 millions Twitter users. getty In January, cybersecurity researchers at HackerOne warned of a vulnerability with Twitter that could allow an attacker to acquire the phone number and/or email address associated with user accounts – even if the user had hidden those fields in the platform’s privacy setting. Twitter responded to the vulnerability with a patch. However, it has been reported this month that Breach Forums is selling the database. Breach Forums is a hacker forum on the dark web. HackerOne reports that the database had 5.4 millions users. It also contained datasets for businesspeople, politicians, and celebrities. Breach Forums’ owner reportedly confirmed the authenticity of leaked data. Timothy Morris, a technology strategist for cybersecurity company Tanium, said via email, “This is just another confirmation that privacy can be an illusion for most of the time.” Morris explained th...

Devon Rodriguez is an artist and content creator. He sketches the New York City subway. Michael Robayo Devon Rodriguez wasn’t unknown before he joined TikTok, not in the art world anyway. A high school prodigy whose realistic oil paintings of subway passengers caught the attention of sculptor John Ahearn, Rodriguez’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, ArtNet News and The New York Times. But it wasn’t until August 2020, when he started drawing people on the subway, filming their delighted reactions and posting their videos on TikTok, that he felt really famous. “I’d get this reaction from people like, ‘wow, this is magic,’” Rodriguez says. Within two days of his initial subway posting, over 400,000 had followed him and more than 25 million people had seen his TikTok videos. He was then offered a sponsorship deal by Cheetos. They paid him $7,000 to design their logo, and to share his video on TikTok. Rodriguez, who was living in his grandmother’s house in the South Bronx, sa...

NEW YORK – MAY 2, 2012: Elon Musk at the 2022 Met Gala to Celebrate “In America: An” … [+] Anthology of Fashion”, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 02/2022. (Photo by Dimitrios Kalmbouris/Getty Photos for The Met Museum/Vogue). Getty Images at The Met Museum/Vogue I’m not one to make impulsive decisions, but then again I also don’t have millions or billions in the bank. Just about every car I’ve ever purchased has led to some buyer remorse, except the most recent one where I bought my neighbor’s car. We are all limited in our financial means, so when it comes to buying something, most people have to accept it. When you’re Elon Musk, that might not be the case. Recent reports claim that the well-known entrepreneur is planning to cancel his agreement to buy Twitter. It made me wonder if that’s due to some second thoughts about his own financial position or if the company itself is not as valuable as he once thought. ...

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