Techmeme: Meet the tweet-deleters: people who are making their Twitter histories self-destruct (Kevin Roose/Fusion)

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February 23, 2015, 8:45 AM

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Kevin Roose / Fusion:

Meet the tweet-deleters: people who are making their Twitter histories self-destruct — Like most media workers, Matthew Lazin-Ryder, a Vancouver-based producer with CBC Radio, spends a fair amount of time on Twitter. When he tweets, his messages are seen by some percentage of his 3,470 followers.

Tweets: @kevinroose, @sfiegerman, @digiphile, @hunterwalk, @digiphile, @alexjamesfitz, @zseward, @antderosa, @cpen, @arainert, @nkulw, @travelfish and @jnpayne. See also Mediagazer

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

SSL-busting code that threatened Lenovo users found in a dozen more apps — “What all these applications have in common is that they make people less secure.” — The list of software known to use the same HTTPS-breaking technology recently found preinstalled on Lenovo laptops has risen dramatically …

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Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:

President Obama's doomsday encryption scenario doesn't align with how the tech actually works — What President Obama is getting wrong about encryption — President Obama meets with business leaders at a summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection on Feb. 13 at Stanford University in Palo Alto …

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Jamie Rigg / Engadget:

Hands-on with Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones, which adds interactive notifications, a customizable “Action Center”, new Photos and File Explorer apps — An in-depth look at the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones — By now, you will have heard at least something about Windows 10 …

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Russell Brandom / The Verge:

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