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The Twitter Authenticator Will Expose Your Fake Evan Longoria Account
The Twitter Authenticator Will Expose Your Fake Evan Longoria Account
The Wall Street Journal today details one man's quest to bring honesty to the Twitterverse, at least as it pertains to sports. 26-year-old Connecticut truth-seeker Brendan Wilhide claims to have unmasked 30 fake athlete accounts since January, when he first answered the call to be the enforcer ...
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