More often than not, the fact that PC Pro remains a print publication, albeit with as short a copy-to-publication timelapse as possible, doesn’t impact upon my choice of subject matter. After all, I cover security, privacy and all things social networking. When it comes to security posturing or privacy, the advice I give will last for weeks and months. It isn’t topical. Ordinarily, I’d say the same for social networks.
However, that was before Elon Musk bought Twitter for a ridiculously over-valued $44 billion and brought his own personal management style (or should that be chaos?) to bear. It started with the dramatic harvesting of the workforce, including the all-important content moderation teams, along with software engineers. Then came the “just give me $8” for Twitter Blue (non) verification, soon followed by the unbanning of previously perma-banned accounts such as Donald Trump’s.
In short, Musk’s purchase has changed everything. For many people, and in particular the Twitter information security community of which I’m honoured to be a part, it has all proved to be beyond the pale. Some of the biggest names from infosec Twitter, with followers in the hundreds of thousands, have upped and left Twitter behind already. Others, myself included, have stayed, for now, watching relatively quietly
