rmslade@shaw.ca
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:22:39 -0700
A researcher has noted that Twitter reference URLs can be manipulated to make it appear someone said/tweeted something when they actually didn't.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twitter-urls-can-be-manipulated-to-spread-fake-news-and-scams/
So, I tweeted a warning: https://www.twitter.com/rslade/status/1087839317534363648
Well, of course, actually, no I didn't. If you look closely at the resulting page, you'll see it isn't my account at all. Twitter doesn't care what account you put in the URL: it just cares about the tweet status ID.
Donald Trump is so concerned that he retweeted my warning: https://www.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1087839317534363648
So did the Queen: https://www.twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1087839317534363648