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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Trumps Twitter Account was Hacked...
We'd Never Know.
"Ford Moving All Operations to Mexico. Not Good".
"Bank of America foreclosing on all mortgages of Muslims".
"Putin is God".
How would we know it wasn't him?
He's that crazy.
One hour of hacking his account could sink America.
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If Trumps Twitter Account was Hacked... (Original Post)
tecelote
Jan 2017
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Ilsa
(61,695 posts)1. It was a copycat account, not a hack.
Instead of reading @realDonaldTrump (or whatever) it read @rareDonaldTrump. Very subtle.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,854 posts)2. Has someone taken "@rea1DonaldTrump" yet?
Replace the l with a 1(one)?
Denzil_DC
(7,241 posts)5. Yup.
https://twitter.com/rea1DonaldTrump
I don't think there are many imaginable visually convincing spoof handles that haven't been taken.
I don't think there are many imaginable visually convincing spoof handles that haven't been taken.
Denzil_DC
(7,241 posts)3. It did get hacked in February 2013.
At least if you believe Trump:
Once he'd wrested back control from Will.i.am, he tweeted:
Of course, it wasn't the fault of his own lax security:
Once he'd wrested back control from Will.i.am, he tweeted:
Of course, it wasn't the fault of his own lax security:
tecelote
(5,122 posts)4. So scary.
Denzil_DC
(7,241 posts)6. To lessen the fear, it's worth clicking on the link
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/304636780903288834?lang=en to see some of the replies at the time (and it's still being replied to now!).
mythology
(9,527 posts)7. That would depend
If the hacker has a reasonable grasp of English and basic human decency, it would be rather obvious.