[twitter-dev] secure key - desktop applications?

2010-06-23 Thread Tom van der Woerdt
Hi all, I'm wondering why there's a secret key if you need to include it with desktop applications... Of course, there's the client secret key which needs to remain secret, but why is there a secret key for applications if it doesn't remain secret? Is it the combination of the 4 keys that always

Re: [twitter-dev] secure key - desktop applications?

2010-06-23 Thread Taylor Singletary
Hi Tom, I'm happy you're fully considering the implications here. With desktop applications, it's a matter of best effort security with your consumer secret and access token secrets. We recommend making it difficult to obtain the keys from a packaged application, while acknowledging that a