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The only people thinking that are ignorant of who Mudge is

It’s quite amusing to see people spouting off without a god damn clue. The dude ran cyber security research at DARPA, lol.

who is Mudge?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peiter_Zatko

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From an article linked in the OP (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/twitters-former-securi...), mudge is the alias of Twitter's ex-head of security Peiter Zatko.

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Mudge is to cybersecurity as Orson Welles is to film. That's not hyperbole.

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It seems more likely that the CEO of Twitter is on India's payroll rather than Mudge being on Elon's payroll.

Mudge began preparing these disclosures in early March 2022, well before Mr. Musk expressed any interest in acquiring Twitter, and has not communicated these disclosures to anyone with a financial interest in Twitter

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Tesla and the Indian government aren't best friends[1], so I'm mystified how you can conclude Elon Musk is responsible for what Mudge alleges about the Indian government.

[1]: https://www.reuters.com/technology/teslas-musk-says-working-...