I was hacked even though I had 2fa and control of my phone and email. When the hacker was counter attacked by my followers they posted the N word repeatedly which caused Twitter to automatically shut down the account. I have files support tickets. Crickets. Twitter is fiat. nostr:note1jzx82dm8szqs4c6x6sjxynyuf093ajuz2lzn4u53wj2njelyyv4q9lh7ls
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#nostr fixes this
glad you made the move to NOSTR.
Twitter is full of Nazi bots. Not surprising, given who the owner is:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa
I am so sorry this has happened. We got to get more goldbugs on Nostr. I left twitter more than 2 years ago. And I haven’t looked backed.
Zaps are the future. At least that’s what the kids say.
YOU CANT ZAP GOLD
Based. 🫡
You always have a home on Nostr
Terrible! Do you know how they are able to get past 2fa, thats surprising?
Browser session / cookies
Ou no! I hope you get your account back fast 🙏🏽
I think this was a screen sharing issue. No 2FA required.
https://x.com/bikesandbitcoin/status/1890880956363370529?s=46&t=01A9bwaWqqxtc7wNKg1KGg
Selfishly, I look forward to hearing you more here on Nostr.
They cloned your browser sessions and cookies. So they have a cloned access to your email, x etc.. whatever you’re logon to
This sucks, I feel for ya brother.
Terrible timing, so sorry man.
The book is good though! About halfway through and thinking of who to give the 5 copies I bought to.
Thank you
It's a shame that just when you had started following me 😅 it's better here
Well Nostr is to Twitter what bitcoin is to fiat. Except that it uses a lot less energy
Here you will be better. More freedom
When you say “the N word”, do you mean nigga?
I know that’s right.
That really blows.
That sucks!
This is definetely not a Jack situation and you don’t have to go back 😂 I hope
seems like a gift from the universe
Unfortunately 2FA with phone or email is pretty awful security, as sim swaps are pretty rampant. You CAN lock your sim with a pin, and it is a good idea to in general, but usually, app based solutions are a step up, or I do see that Twitter offers hardware security keys as an option, which is even better). Glad it wasn't something higher sensitivity, but I know that Twitter's still pretty imperative on the tradfi side of things, so sorry to hear about your situation. Very telling what sort of outfit they're running that even a verified profile is being given this sort of treatment, not that its news to anyone here.
They go through the 2FA scam in this vid. Interesting, and scary.
#NostrOnly is the way forward. Keep your private key safe and this will never happen here. I look forward to seeing you more around these decentralized parts, sir. 🫂🤙🏻💜
Twitter is shit anyway good riddance
Glad you're here now.
Twitter sucks, glad you're here 🫂 💜
Sorry this happened Larry!
Glad to have you over here on Nostr more now though.
Thanks Chris
nostr:npub1d3f4m9dgvkdjxn26pqzsxn6lpfn78sxwllxyt8mp76q0a9zyyjlswhr4xv why not use something like yubikey
Totally sucks Larry but every setback like this pushes us all more to Nostr. See you next week!
X is doing everything in his power to kick the good people out of the platform.
Sorry to hear about this Lawrence.
Your new book and your takes may be making more noise than you think! 👍
I just got suspended for posting that I hope certain politicians get tried and executed for treason soon. X is bs. I just wish it had legitimate competitors.
Use Efani - a service that protects well against SIM swaps. They carry their own insurance as well in case of a breach.
Already a user.
Hasseb is a terrific guy!
Everyone who reads this needs to figure out that you cannot have any phone number associated with online accounts(so long as they allow this which most do, even google account you don't need or want to have any phone number whatsoever). Like nowhere in the whole profile or account. Need to use authenticator apps for 2FA and have absolutely no way of recovering/accessing the accounts through a phone number. This is only real way to protect from sim swaps. I'm not even sure that sim swap is what happened to him, but regardless if you aren't protected from sim swap then you aren't protected period.
It wasn’t a SIM swap. I have EFANI. I think they got access via a ZOOM call and screen sharing and they inserted malware or cloned my cookies. These guys are getting better and better. Moral: never do a ZOOM call with an unknown party. In this case I checked and the emails and names were legit Bloomberg interviewers. But of course fake.
Btw Larry, even with EFANI I would still recommend having no phone number anywhere in online accounts(unless literally can't use the app without, which is rare). Most have a private key sort of setup can use for backup + authenticator app for 2FA. Just my opinion. No phone number makes sim swap actually impossible.
Yes I follow that, except in Twitter and I think I had email as the 2Fa
Email is not bad, but only if the corresponding google account(or whatever the email account is) is itself totally locked down and secure with no openings. Which can be pretty tricky, but doable. There is a lot to completely securing online accounts on the whole. If one lil thing is missed, it can be all for nothing basically. Can be overwhelming, but just trying to provide some helpful info wherever I can.
Thank you!
I was wondering what happened to you over on twit. There one day and a ghost the next. Someone trying to mess with your book promotion maybe?
Nah, shit coiners trying to access my 200k followers.
Just a few days before that, you followed my Twitter-Account. This was huge for me, because your account there was by far the one with the most followers.
I just recognized your account was gone, after I had a look at my "followers" 😂 .
My first thought was, "Oh, man! What did I post that he unfollowed me?" I'm so glad I didn't.
P.S. Or did I... and you deleted your Twitter account because of that...
How is this possible?