> I think it's getting more urgent day by day: > > http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/01/twitter-warning-your-data-is-being-sold/
Truly OAuth is needed, and is a priority to the Twitter team (they've said so). However, there is nothing in the link that Scoble has up saying directly that the buyer is planning to use the information Twply has harvested (namely usernames and passwords) for nefarious purposes other than to continue running the site. They certainly could, but Scoble needs to chill out a little. More to the point, there is nothing about OAuth that prevents a similar bad actor from behaving badly. This older post puts it in perspective very succinctly: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/msg/16bf699d39c7f804 -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [email protected] -- 10% of computer users [use] Mac ... the top 10 percent. -- Douglas Adams ---
