Just three days after Twitter released a portion of its source code online that included the app’s recommendation algorithm, a security researcher found that attackers could manipulate the software to effectively silence specific accounts on the social media platform.
An Argentine developer flagged the issue on the software hosting service GitHub on April 1 after Twitter made the code public in a pair of repositories on the site. “The current implementation allows for coordinated hurting of account reputation without recourse,” the developer wrote.
Källa: Twitter’s recommendation algorithm opens platform to manipulation, bot attacks, researcher finds
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