I've heard this before. The story goes that, since Twitter can't tell you that you're under investigation (NSL's come with a gag order), they bring back some older DM's as a 'wink-knod' to let you know that they received an NSL. I've heard a similar rumor about Google and their Gmail service making you revalidate your account if they receive an NSL.
It sounds plausible but not likely. I'd think that, since this rumor is so widespread, the government would have had a talk with any company who does this and quashed it pretty quick. It just doesn't make sense. I'd think a more likely reason for the reappearing DM's is that Twitter had to restore something using a backup. Anthony On 04/16/2013 02:48 PM, Ali-Reza Anghaie wrote: > It became "common" knowledge (read: oft-cited conspiracy) that > reappearing Direct Messages in Twitter were the result of an > investigation. > > A few minutes ago it came up again and the EFF was mentioned but > particular citation could not be found. I figured I would ask here. > > Do we have any real documentation or transcripts that indicate that > reappearing messages are actually indicative of anything? And to that > matter - why would compliance be broken in that way if it was anyway > (tipping someone off effectively)? > > I'm just curious if there was any real body of work on this or it's > just become repeated speculation over time. Thank you, Cheers, -Ali > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
