jontywareing

Good point! If you have any other comments I'd love to hear them.

Let me know if you think I should make any other edits: http://jonty.co.uk/idiocy-what

I do not think this can really be considered "shaming" as it's nothing to be embarrassed about.

Regarding private/public notification; Posting to your own account is an easily understandable visible demonstration of what's possible and why you should care - a DM from another account, or an @ just won't have the same effect on the user.

(I have said this elsewhere in the thread, so apologies for repetition)

I have been informed that it's possible to send a DM to yourself, so I'll add that as an option shortly as a nice alternative.

It educates by providing information about the attack used and how to prevent it happening in the future. You can find the link provided to users here: http://jonty.co.uk/idiocy-what

The tweet can be instantly removed by the user. It's hardly vandalism as nothing is being damaged or destroyed.

As I've said in a message elsewhere in this thread, posting to your own account is an easily understandable visible demonstration of what's possible and why they should care - a DM from another account, or an @ just won't have the same effect on the user.

I've been informed that it's possible to send a DM to yourself, so I'm going to add that as an option shortly.

I've been bouncing this back and forth with people all day!

Posting to your own account is an easily understandable visible demonstration of what's possible and why they should care - a DM from another account, or an @ just won't have the same effect on the user.

I might see if it's possible to send a DM to yourself, as that would achieve the same result without the public exposure.

I thought the rest of the paragraph covered that, but I'm happy to edit it if you can suggest a rephrasing?

It's just supposed to be a quick introduction stating that the chances of being exploited are significantly higher now that the entry barrier is practically non-existent.

There is a spectacular book about the Battle Of the Beams written by R. V. Jones, who was the British scientist in charge of countering the German technical advances.

I can't recommend it enough, although it is a very in-depth read: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Most-Secret-Penguin-World-Collection...