So, Twitter had this little flaw wherein, if you hover your cursor over a link in the stream (called by some a "mouseover") the link opened into a preview box. If the link led to pornography (which was bound to happen) you saw--pornography.
Needless to say, for some this was the apocalypse. For me, I just ignore what I don't have an interest in. I don't immediately fixate on everything that pops-open on my computer screen because pornography or not, 90 percent of what the Internet wants to show me I don't care about.
If more people did that they wouldn't be so hung up on this little flaw which has already been fixed....(I'm talking to you, @mashable)
@KennyZ3D Twitter warning: http://www.geekosystem.com/twitter-mouseover-security-flaw/ If you see weird text in your stream do not mouseover.
@mashable Twitter Mouseover Security Flaw Affecting Thousands of Users [WARNING] - http://mash.to/2HoSA
@autographedcat Twitter has a javascript vulnerability. Be wary if you're using the webpage rather than a client: http://tinyurl.com/3ab4t23
@martinezonline_ RT @tw1tt3rart Twitter has resolved "onmouseover" security flaw. Thanks for your cautio it is now safe to use the Twitter web site again.
@BenKenobisGhost Twitter has a security flaw? What did they do? Leave a small thermal exhaust port unguarded? #StarWars
@rasmilu1 Twitter patches fast-spreading 'onmouseover' security flaw (Ben Patterson) http://bit.ly/92HL6t
@djjarrett @ajhmurray here's an explanation of the twitter madness http://bit.ly/bY3NfR
@cnnbrk "Mouse over" security flaw causes Twitter trouble. http://on.cnn.com/cyU2jY
@brianarsenault RT @viticci: Hey folks, avoid Twitter.com today. Use a client. Security flaw spreading around on the website.
@TAlvord101 so tomorrow morning: "hey! twitter got hacked yesterday" "omg, i know!" "and it was a new twitter security flaw" "wth right?"
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