How Twitter users can fake a verified account (nakedsecurity.sophos.com) 8 points by enscr 12y ago ↗ HN
[–] enscr 12y ago ↗ Twitter does not make it convenient to report accounts that are impersonating someone. Moreover it should be fairly easy for them to run a check on the background image to catch for violations of 'verified' user.
[–] cordite 12y ago ↗ At first I thought the title suggested that you can game the system to mark you as verified.Using a header image is just tricking the user, not the system. I guess that's the end goal, but I didn't see it as creative as I had hoped.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 13.8 ms ] threadUsing a header image is just tricking the user, not the system. I guess that's the end goal, but I didn't see it as creative as I had hoped.