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Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

chelpixie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:17:43 -0000

Yep, as long as your signed into bit.ly via Tweetdeck it'll put that option in place for you. I'm not sure if you need to remain signed into bit.ly as well in your browser.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

danieljohnsonjr — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:51:17 -0000

In Tweetdeck, when you click on bit.ly links, it will preview the link so you can see what it's shortened from, before proceeding. I'm not sure if that's a default setting or one I changed to make so. In fact, adding the plus sign (+) after any bit.ly link takes you to the Info page.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

lvadgal — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:49:00 -0000

Great information as people have been warned and when they end up on lists that they do not want to be on there is no crying.

I cannot believe that people click links even from people that they know that seem out of character or suspicious.

Thanks for the reminder and info.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

chelpixie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:22:35 -0000

Quantum,

As there is zero mention of the phishing scheme in that post I'd say it's unrelated.

I had some problems during this the time they were having issues with this that kept locking me out of my account even without the changes listed. They have since resolved that problem for me. I'm not sure if that's Twitter wide resolution.

As always, take these steps if you're comfortable with them. If you aren't, then don't. At the very least contact Twitter to alert them you've been hacked.

I'd follow the steps above to prevent the DMs from spreading to other users which creates a bigger problem.

-Chel

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

QuantumGood — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:12:17 -0000

http://status.twitter.com/post/212318608/resear...
You can be "locked out after trying to reset your password"
Twitter "encourages you not to make changes to your email address, password, or user name during this time."

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

chelpixie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:49:47 -0000

Hey Allen!

Thanks for sharing it around. Happy it might help someone out when they need it :)

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

chelpixie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:49:08 -0000

Ha! I see your point. Happily I can report that I haven't clicked a bad link yet ;)

Glad I helped and happy to see your face :)

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

chelpixie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:48:13 -0000

Happy to be helpful!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

chelpixie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:48:00 -0000

Thanks for subscribing!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

facebook-1780182733 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:21:25 -0000

Hey Chel,

Excellent post and timely it would seem--the DM's w/ funky messages are piling up. I'll share this with the poor benighted "phishees" and anyone else who will listen!

Warmly,

(your Twittermate) Allen

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

anjibee — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:15:09 -0000

i was kind of afraid to click the link from your twitter, suspecting that the phishes were so clever now that they were tricking folks by pretending to help them out with anti-phising advice. lol!

i had to change my password to get rid of a stupid daily astrology forecast app awhile back. i didn't know about that revoke access option. i'm gonna go check mine out immediately. thanks, for the info, sweetie!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

cafedave — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:50:49 -0000

A great, accessible summary of what to do - thanks!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

BmoreKarl — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:50:00 -0000

Thank you. I just subscribed. Hope you do well.
BMoreKarl

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

chelpixie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:46:48 -0000

Ha! I thought step 2 was pretty blunt though ;)

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

cc_chapman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:17:14 -0000

Great information. the only thing I think you left out was Step 9 - Again, stop clicking on links that you don't know what they are *grin*

Re: You are not your limitations

jeffrutherford — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:59:31 -0000

That's a powerful blog post. Good for you for acknowledging those limiting beliefs and working hard to figure out a way around them.

I've often wondered how - if you come out of your first 18-20 years of life with low, or non-existent, self-esteem or self-worth - you go about creating or building that sense of who you are and what you're capable of.

Do you just ignore those feelings and focus on actions?

Good post.

Re: You are not your limitations

KarenCardoza — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:59:37 -0000

Congratulations on this discovery, Chel! I've had quite the year of inward searching myself and have set some things aside to be the best me that I can be. Some aspects of my life right now are beyond my control but I'm taking charge of those that I can. Here's to continuing on the journey!

Re: Prezi, Where Presentations Don’t Have to Be Boring

Jens D — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:27:59 -0000

Prezi is cool the first time you see it but when you've seen one you've seen them all. I think the layout options are too limited for creating great visual presentations and if you add more than 5-10 hi res images the player starts coughing. The great thing is that you can present offline.

I've started using http://www.ahead.com instead. It's not template based and offers all the layout options you'd expectfroma professional layout tool - and on top of that it handles hi-res images very well and you can easily use it to build some cool rich media web sites as well. Someone dubbed Ahead Prezi for architects and designers.

PS
I wish people would experiment less with rotation in these presentation tools. It's annoying and rarely add anything good to your presentation.

Re: Start Fresh: 5 Ways to Get Organized for 2009

cassandrajowett — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:30:23 -0000

Great tips, especially regarding Gmail. Almost everyone uses Gmail now, but I don't think most realize how powerful and useful it can be at keeping our e-mail neat and organized - they just delete everything like they used to in Hotmail. It's not necessary. Unless it's an automatically generated message or update, I keep almost everything and I often find myself going back to find it.

Re: Start Fresh: 5 Ways to Get Organized for 2009

Jessica Routier, IAC-EZ — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:28:20 -0000

Great post! Let me add that for those using Freshbooks or similar programs, or for independent PR consultants just looking for easy bookkeeping you can do yourself, be sure to checkout IAC-EZ! Best of luck getting organized!! :)

Re: Happy Holidays

Bryan Alexander — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:42:40 -0000

Happy holidays to you, to!

Re: Label your equipment

chelpixie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:57:52 -0000

It's always a good thing when people are honorable enough to return the equipment to its rightful owner. Any identifying information is helpful. I recommend a phone number because not everyone knows what Twitter is!

Re: Interesting mysteries.

The Bob — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:20:35 -0000

I think they have something to do with Snap Music Productions (www dot snapmusicpro dot com)...

Re: Label your equipment

ricardobueno — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:28:07 -0000

At blogworld this year, someone lost their camera. The cool thing was, they had a label on it with their twitter ID... He was contacted and viola...the camera was returned to it's rightful owner! (Of course that might not always happen, but it did this time around so it was pretty cool).

Re: Label your equipment

chelpixie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:41:40 -0000

Good idea Scott! I'd also recommend insurance if you can do so. It'll be replaced in the event it's not found.