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Larry Summers Honeypotted Me

Larry Summers Honeypotted Me

How a hacker weaponized flattery and took over my Twitter account.

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Virginia Heffernan
Nov 27, 2023
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Larry Summers has joined the OpenAI board to make sure humans never try anything new or hopeful again. 

I’m always skeptical of Summers. Five years ago, I got a direct message on Twitter from him that set off a turbulent phase in my digital life. 

Yes, the Larry Summers, if that little now-obsolete aquafresh checkmark beside @LHSummers was to be believed.…

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