Thanks everyone! This is great feedback. An interesting topic for sure. Also, I realized I confused things a bit by referring to Twitter's code when I meant some of the software they use is open source.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Bryan Behrenshausen <bry...@email.unc.edu>wrote: > > It sounds to me like this is some good ol'-fashioned reverse engineering >> aimed at discovering precisely how data are collecting, distributed, and >> controlled. But that's not to say there isn't an open-sourcey angle here! >> If Twitter were more transparent about their deployment of so called >> "Promoted Tweets," all this reverse engineering would be necessary (one >> could simply look at the code). >> > > I mean to say: It would be UNnecessary. > > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Jason Hibbets wrote: >> >> On 10/19/2012 03:38 PM, Paula OCF wrote: >>> >>>> My understanding is that Twitter uses open source software, but has not >>>> open sourced Twitter. They recently OS'd Clutch.io. >>>> >>>> Paula Hunter | Executive Director | Outercurve Foundation >>>> www.outercurve.org <http://www.outercurve.org> | 781-876-6227 (o) | >>>> 978-764-2037 (m) >>>> >>>> twitter: huntermkt, outercurve | skype: hunterpaula >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 19, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Jennifer Wike wrote: >>>> >>>> We believe that the author of this article was able to discover this >>>>> separate feed for promoted tweets because Twitter's code is open >>>>> source, but we aren't sure. Can anyone from the community confirm and >>>>> help us understand? >>>>> >>>>> http://www.fastcompany.com/**3002016/reverse-engineering-** >>>>> twitter-solve-advertising-**mystery?utm_source=feedburner&** >>>>> utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=**Feed%3A+fastcompany%** >>>>> 2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29<http://www.fastcompany.com/3002016/reverse-engineering-twitter-solve-advertising-mystery?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29> >>>>> <http://www.fastcompany.com/**3002016/reverse-engineering-** >>>>> twitter-solve-advertising-**mystery?utm_source=feedburner&** >>>>> utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=**Feed%3A+fastcompany%** >>>>> 2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29<http://www.fastcompany.com/3002016/reverse-engineering-twitter-solve-advertising-mystery?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29> >>>>> **> >>>>> >>>>> >>> For clarity on what was slightly confusing to us...the article says: >>> >>> "Fortunately for us, the app was written almost entirely in Objective C, >>> which meant that we'd be able to examine some of the app's source code as >>> it was written by Twitter's very own engineers; usually, when disassembling >>> C/C++ binaries, source code loses its original naming symbology, but >>> Objective-C preserves a lot of symbols which makes it easier to follow >>> along." >>> >>> Then goes on to show how they investigated the code: >>> >>> "Using a nifty tool called class-dump, we began examining the contents >>> of Twitter.app and how it was designed." >>> >>> >>> I think the question is...because of the way the code was presenting, >>> did this allow the folks "hacking" on this to do this sort of discovery and >>> is there an open source angle to that? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jason >>> -- >>> Jason Hibbets, RHCSA :: Twitter: @jhibbets >>> Project Manager, Red Hat :: Raleigh, NC >>> >>> Open source is changing the world -- http://opensource.com >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-** >>> newsletter <http://opensource.com/email-newsletter> >>> >>> Osdc-list mailing list >>> Osdc-list@redhat.com >>> https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/osdc-list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-** >> newsletter <http://opensource.com/email-newsletter> >> >> Osdc-list mailing list >> Osdc-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/osdc-list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-** > newsletter <http://opensource.com/email-newsletter> > > Osdc-list mailing list > Osdc-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/osdc-list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list> > -- *Jen Wike* Editor, Writer w: jen.io c: 704.437.1730 e: jenn.w...@gmail.com
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