Andreas Greuel

Leiter Verifizierung @RTL_com @ntvde

[Tobias Escher @TobiasEscher]

In der ganzen Causa konnte man im Schnelldurchlauf beobachten, wie es diesem Land ergeht, wenn man die Entscheidungsgewalt einer lauten Minderheit aus Verschwörungstheoretikern, Influencern und TikTok-Süchtigen in die Hand gibt.

[Stefan Niggemeier @niggi]

Nius ist ein rechtsradikales Lügenmedium. https://t.co/R2mzEl9ljA

[Christopher Lauer™ @Schmidtlepp]

Schrecklicher Verdacht: Ist Julia Ruhs einfach keine besonders gute Journalistin? Ein Fall für Aiman Abdallah und das Galileo Mystery Team. https://t.co/EEheblBE7g

[Signal @signalapp]

A response to recent reporting in Germany, in service of clarity and accountability:

First, it’s important to be precise when it comes to critical infrastructure like Signal. Signal was not “hacked” — in that our encryption, infrastructure, and the integrity of the app’s code was not compromised.

However, sophisticated attackers have engaged in a harmful phishing campaign, posing as “Signal Support” by changing their profile display name and using social engineering to trick people into handing over their credentials — information that allowed these attackers to take over some targeted Signal accounts. This is something that plagues any mainstream messaging app once it reaches the scale of Signal, but we know how high the stakes are given the trust people place in us.
In the coming weeks, you’ll see us rolling out a number of changes to help hinder these kinds of attacks.

Because we don’t collect user data, what we know about these attacks comes from the victims of phishing. And from what victims have told us, the attacks followed a broad pattern: after tricking people into revealing their Signal credentials, attackers then used those credentials to take over their account and also frequently changed the associated phone number. Because such a change results in de-registering your Signal accounts, attackers prepared people for this by telling them that being de-registered was intended behavior, and that all they would need to do is “re-register,” or, create a new account. When they moved to create a new Signal account — one that was now decoupled from their hijacked account — the victims thought they were logging back in to their primary account. As a result, many didn't notice the takeover. The compromised accounts were then weaponized to target the victims' contact lists by posing as the owners of the account.

We understand the trust that people put in Signal, and how devastating this kind of social engineering can be. While it’s true that all messaging platforms are susceptible to scammers and phishing that betrays people’s trust and convinces them to “unlock the front door” where no backdoor exists, we are looking to do everything we can to help people avoid and detect such scams.

For the time being, please stay vigilant against phishing and account takeover attempts. Remember that no one from Signal Support will ever send you a message request or ask for your registration verification code or Signal PIN. For an added layer of protection, you can enable Registration Lock in your Signal Settings (Account -> Registration Lock).

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

This image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, which has been widely published by Iranian media today and now appears on his new X account, appears to have been manipulated with AI.

Google's SynthID finds watermarks in it that indicate it has been edited using Google AI.

A cropped reverse image search finds what appears to be the original version of the photo published several years ago.

It shows Mojataba at a pro-government rally. The background and those surrounding him seem to have been edited and removed using AI.

[Süddeutsche Zeitung @SZ]

Dies ist vorerst unser letzter Post auf X und wir stellen den Betrieb dieses Kanals ab sofort ein. Aus unserer Sicht macht die zunehmende Verrohung der Plattform einen konstruktiven öffentlichen Dialog nicht mehr möglich. Sie erreichen die SZ weiterhin auf https://t.co/gqnZS5leOQ, https://t.co/DUMCHEIvny, https://t.co/6F73qISoa8 und https://t.co/yJIgzChWP6. Wir beobachten die Entwicklung weiterhin und behalten uns vor, diese Entscheidung bei veränderten Umständen zu überdenken.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A photo released last month by the Justice Department as part of the Epstein files that showed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein's island in the Caribbean has been removed from the Justice Department's website. https://t.co/j3Zq9ypAUc

[SPORT & POLITICS @JensWeinreich]

The corrupt clown Gianni Infantilo (FIFA, IOC) is a disgrace to sport – and to Switzerland.

This must be the much-vaunted political neutrality that the IOC is lying about.

Ukrainian mourning is punished with exclusion from the Olympics. The clown in Trump's arse can do anything

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has expanded its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent months, sending tech companies, including Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, who owns both Facebook and Instagram, hundreds of administrative subpoenas which consist of legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ongoing immigration operations by the Trump Administration, four government officials and tech employees privy to the requests have told the New York Times.

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

More than 11 million views for these two AI-generated images of "Epstein walking around in Israel". 🥴

God help us all.

[Forbes @Forbes]

Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk Seen At Dinner In Epstein Files Photo
https://t.co/XCieM9idEt

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

Call me a crazy "conspiracy theorist," but...

maybe military intelligence, national security systems, criminal databases, mass surveillance monitoring, immigration files, ICE operational planning, VA records, health-data reports, IRS probes, supply‑chain metrics, predictive policing analytics, social-network mapping and prosecutorial tools

shouldn’t be owned and controlled by Jeffrey Epstein’s friend and business partner?

[Matheus @whosmatu]

I made a Youtube clone but its all of Epsteins released videos instead

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

In order to not care about the Epstein story, you have to fundamentally not care about the idea of democracy. The Epstein story is a window into the way a small group of people who nobody elected make unaccountable decisions to enrich and to pleasure themselves at the expense of the public and at the expense of particular direct victims, some of them children, who are left with no recourse. This is the public's chance to see some of these people at work. Shame may be the only accountability we get.

To not care about that means you're basically okay with a world run by an unaccountable elite.

[Four Seasons Total Landscaping @TotalSeasons]

Another world exclusive happened today in our famous Four Seasons Total Landscaping lot!!!

We gathered together all the people who have gone to see the Melania movie. Here’s a photo to prove it.

[Andreas Greuel @GreuelFlush]

Aged like fine wine

[Katrin Eigendorf @KEigendorf]

Grünen Chef Robert Habeck zu Trump Rede in #Davos #weg2020 #zdfheute

[Alisha Mendgen @AlishaMendgen]

Ministerpräsident Günther übte auch scharfe Kritik an der Chefredakteurin der „Bild“-Zeitung wegen eines Kommentars. Die müsse sich fragen, ob ihr „Koordinatensystem verrutscht“ sei. @FOCUS_Magazin

[Felix Dachsel @xileffff]

Wenn man einen TV-Ausschnitt von Daniel Günther erst zurechtschneiden muss, um ihn skandalisieren zu können, ist man vielleicht keine verfolgter, unterdrückter Journalist, sondern nur eine empörungswillige, rechtswoke Snowflake.

[ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ @LePapillonBlu2]

Someone bought the domain for https://t.co/wHVx3ErXoL and has it redirecting to the Department of Homeland Security website. 👀

[Micky Beisenherz 🍌 @MickyBeisenherz]

Wenn Trump die BBC wegen schlampiger und tendenziöser Schnitte verklagt, dann ist das für die Zeugen Julians natürlich gerechtfertigt. Aber wenn #FakeNius Ausschnitte zu verzehrfertigen Clips verstümmelt, dann ist es ein Dienst an der Meinungsfreiheit. Scientology meets Politics.