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>>GavCo+(OP)
There's an odd new risk for startups: someone buys your company and then releases all the internal documents with hostile intent. The Twitter stuff that's come out now has been pretty uninteresting, surprising and often basically telling a story of people doing the best job they could in difficult circumstances. But if you are at a small company consider what all could be acquired and used to defame your employees and mission.

>>Nelson+d01
The thing to really worry about is that someone like Musk has direct access to all of your DMs, including those of politicians the world over.

>>jacque+P01
Someone like Zuckerberg has access to your data as well. And what about the government having access to DMs? That’s far scarier. Has Snowden not taught us anything? We are only just now worried about this? Complaining about Musk without complaining about Zuckerberg or the government is just hypocrisy.

>>briand+k21
I guarantee that someone like Zuckerberg does not have access to my data.

And the moment it became inevitable that Musk took over Twitter I deleted my account. And that was one of many reasons.

The only two social media sites that I partake in are HN and up to Elons acquisition Twitter and that is because I had/have a fairly high degree of faith in their ability to at least try to do the right thing. With Musk, Zuckerberg and several others I have the conviction that given the opportunity that they will do the wrong thing.

Would you bet that Musk has not already abused his position to gain information from private communications on Twitter?