@aral @anders @drewharwell @caseynewton @zoeschiffer
it's way worse than just direct messages
if you're doing any comms or organizing for antifascist causes, assume your identity is leaked to fascists
assume your email, your phone number, your ip addresses are already doxxed
and it doesn't help to start using a vpn now, because twitter has your history from when you didn't use a vpn
you'd need to create a new account using the vpn, and only disclose phone number and email that aren't linked to you, and only access twitter from the vpn
pre-elmo twitter had a good reputation for defending anon users from fascists, but that's all over now