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POTUS Twitter account is registered to a private Gmail account

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17 pointsDaviey17 comments

> Update: Jan. 26, 2017

> An earlier version of this story did not address the possibility that two-factor authentication could impede unauthorized access to Trump’s Twitter account.

> Update 2: Jan. 26, 2017

> As of 1:02 PM today, the email required to reset Trump’s Twitter account was changed to what appears to be a White House address.

Also from the earlier story "People who followed Obama got Trump" story, it looks like Twitter merged or transferred the POTUS account Alias to Trump after the inauguration which means that all previous emails that had access to Trump's account likely to also have been transferred.

I honestly wonder if there would be a way to look at Obama's old account or other accounts in a similar situation, I have a strong suspicion that it would not be such a different story.

Obama's http://twitter.com/potus was renamed http://twitter.com/potus44. Trump's @potus is a new account.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitter-apologises-for-forcin...

It looks like Twitter did the switch.

Regarding Trump: I can't decide whether I'll see the upcoming events the next four years with schadenfreude (you've got what you elected, Americans!) or with fear and terror.

Personally, both.

>THE NEW AMERICAN PRESIDENT’S Twitter account isn’t a means of communication as much as it is a tool for confusion, propaganda, and unceasing assault.

I wonder who the author voted for. Whether or not you agree with the content he posts on Twitter, the amount of people reached to especially younger people seems a lot bigger than let's say a blog on whitehouse.gov.

"The irony given Trump’s campaign assaults on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email service is of course obvious."

I think it is quite different to be using a private email address (server!) you control absolutely because you want to deny the people their right to know your devotion to Wall Street or, you use it for a Twitter account. What's up with all this official stuff on Twitter anyway? It all sounds very unprofessional to choose a specific company for your communication over another, as a politician. What's wrong with a website or a blog or an RSS feed?

Your last comment really rang true. The extent to which Twitter is being used as an official communication channel by so many is very disconcerting to me. Never mind the fact that Twitter is not terribly profitable and could very well cease to exist in five years.

More to the point, Twitter is so simple on the face of it, why not setup a micro blog for the POTUS that auto-tweets everything. At least then the network doesn't own your content.

How s this different from press conferences except skipping the part of having the prsss write about what you said and waiting a day before the public can read your words?

So? Pretty sure that no state secrets are being discussed on that twitter account.

Does it really matter?

Yes

Tweets sent out under that username can for example affect stock markets in real time.

If something is built up as being the point of contact for the most powerful person on earth then the security of the medium is relevant.

"I was hacked" would be a terrible reason for WW3 :)

> Tweets sent out under that username can for example affect stock markets in real time.

That's a problem with the market, not a twitter account

> "I was hacked" would be a terrible reason for WW3 :)

Honestly, I don't see what a hacker could do write, that would be worse that the current account.

realdonaldtrump@gmail.com ?

Considering it apparently starts with "ds", no.

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