Twitter challenges court order to hand over user data

[JMH]

Twitter tells the court that its users own the data they post to the site.

Twitter is challenging an order from a New York state court requiring it to hand over data on one of its users, who is being prosecuted for disorderly conduct related to an Occupy Wall Street protest on the Brooklyn Bridge last year.

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[JMH]

[h=1]Thousands of Twitter passwords exposed[/h]

It's unclear who's responsible for posting passwords for Twitter accounts to a public Web site.
The exact number of accounts is also unclear, as Twitter says many are duplicates and many had already been suspended.

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Doesn't surprise me. Social sites are softer targets than bank cards and where there is a will there is a way unfortunately.

 

[Corrine]

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