A columnist easily tricked Elon Musk's new Twitter verification system by posing as a US senator
Fowler wrote that his experiment, done with Massachusetts Sen. Markey's approval, showed how easy it is to dupe the site and its users, even under Twitter'sThe columnist used a coworker's dormant account, tying it to a phone number and shelling out $7.99 for a monthly Twitter Blue subscription, he wrote. He added that he never had to show any kind of ID or proof that he was who he claimed to be.
"After seven days, a blue check mark appeared on the faux Markey account, no questions asked," Fowler wrote. When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, he that gave accounts of celebrities, government officials, and established news outlets and journalists verified checkmarks. Instead, he wanted users to be able to pay for verification through Twitter Blue.
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