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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/19/original.jpg?quality=75960540Twitter accounts are getting hacked left and right. Today it was Burger King. Before that, it was the Westboro Baptist Church. And before that it was Gizmodo US and Mat Honan. Hacks will always happen, but this is dumb because Twitter could make this all go away. Forever. All we need is two-factor authentication, and […]