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In what is rapidly (OK, it's happened three times in the last few days), Twitter is taking on a role that I'm sure its inventors never conceived. Last week, Robert Scoble offered to pose questions at the Google OpenSocial press conference.

In what is rapidly (OK, it's happened three times in the last few days), Twitter is taking on a role that I'm sure its inventors never conceived.
- Last week, Robert Scoble offered to pose questions at the Google OpenSocial press conference. He took questions over Twitter. Mike Krigsman called this the 'hidden press conference.'
- Today, several people I know are Twittering from the Defrag conference
- In Germany, the O'Reilly sponsored Web 2.0 Expo conference is being Twittered for updates and liveblogging
Barrett: Web 2.0 fixes none of the root 1.0 issues, it adds new stuff with little thought about security about 2 hours ago from SnitterVC investor Jeff Clavier has this to say in his Tweets:Michael Barrrett: web 1.0 security standards are broken. about 2 hours ago from Snitter
Web 2.0 does not fix Web 1.0 issues and adds XML/Xpath issues about 2 hours ago from twitterrificBen Metcalfe chimes in with:Troubled to hear that OpenID as it stands today could not be used by Paypal because it is to easy to hack about 2 hours ago from twitterrific
Great presentation from Paypal's Michael Barrett - their security officer - about all the flawed protocols we are using every day on the Web about 2 hours ago from twitterrific
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from Defrag: PayPal CISO says around 30% of endpoint PCs are compromised about 2 hours ago from imIf tools like Twitter become ubiquitous; events and press conferences become 'open house' comment rings about companies, products, relationships...the list goes on. If you're in corporate PR, IR or AR then life just got a whole lot more challenging because Twitter has suddenly developed the potential to be highly disruptive.