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Archive of our tweets for August 2009
[Continued from July 2009 tweets]

Vmyths archives its Twitter feed for historical clarity. If it went out via our “vmyths” account, you’ll find it here — along with any needed explanations, clarifications, corrections, and apologies. Co-founder Rob Rosenberger submitted all the tweets this month.
- 4 August 2009
- Ignore the “RFID” tweet from @mikkohypponen. Here’s why: http://bit.ly/Km5mK
- 9 August 2009
- Okay, I’ll bite. HOW EXACTLY do we know @Cyxymu was the “real” target of the recent Twitter/FB cyber-genocide?
After a gullible media reported “Russia” launched a cyber-attack against one lonely blogger with a paltry 100 followers on Twitter. - News flash! @vmyths was also a target in the Twitter/FB attacks. I know it for a FACT because i’m the one they attacked! No, really!
- WARNING: @Cyxymu speculated Russia ordered Twitter/FB attacks … and the media reported it as a “fact.”
- Suppose @Cyxymu stood on a street in NYC shouting “Russia started a global cyber-war to silence my blog!” Would you believe him?
- 10 August 2009
- !! @teksquisite: “@Cyxymu had aprox. 100 followers” before attack. Now he’s got 2300+. Will copycats fake an attack as a PR stunt?
- Tons of tweet-SPAM for Trend Micro’s anti-Conficker package. Short URL goes to a spam counter which redirects to Trend’s site…
- 11 August 2009
- OK, I’ll ask. Did US State Dept calculate the # of Iran protesters who die per hour when Twitter is up vs. down?
- {sarcasm} “Do you recall where you were, five years ago, when the Blaster worm struck down the Internet?”
- If you DO remember where you were when the Blaster worm struck, it’s because you got PAID to fight it … money <> empathy
- 28 August 2009
- Proposed bill gives Obama “precautionary disconnect” power if antivirus software fails us yet again… http://Vmyths.com/column/1/1999/6/20
- The White House mulled a “precautionary disconnect” for the entire Internet, one week after 9/11: http://Vmyths.com/column/1/2001/9/19
- 31 August 2009
- Aussies: ignore Russ Smith’s security hype. You don’t need a “license to compute” just to do library research or watch NetFlix.
[Continued in September 2009 tweets]