Re: Displaying public user data / tweet this buttons only when user is authenticated - popup issues

2009-01-07 Thread Chris Heilmann
On Jan 7, 7:30 am, Alex Payne a...@twitter.com wrote: I intend to address this shortly. It's not the API's intended behavior. cool. Despite my concerns here, thanks a lot for this whole exchange, Damon and Chad! This is once again proof that the browser security model is simply broken and we

Re: Displaying public user data / tweet this buttons only when user is authenticated - popup issues

2009-01-06 Thread Chris Heilmann
I find this to be particularly concerning from a privacy point of view. You can retrieve enough information about a user to even replicate their home page. This could be particularly damaging from a phishing point of view. Not only can I spoof the Twitter home page, I can now spoof the