totally. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would imagine that Twitter will require SSL for xAuth calls. > > Abraham > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 14:44, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Interesting, Abraham. >> >> Don't we ever need OAuth Wrap, otherwise that x-auth-password will be >> sent in clear text, kind of making a mockery of the whole OAuth thing. >> >> On Feb 4, 6:35 pm, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I poked around Seesmic Look a little and this is what I found: >> http://the.hackerconundrum.com/2010/02/sneak-peek-at-twitters-browser... >> > >> > Abraham >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 14:24, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > Zach, >> > >> > > There's a soon to be published API method where you can silently get >> > > the OAuth tokens when you have the account's Twitter username and >> > > password, meaning the user does not experience any of the normal OAuth >> > > flow. >> > >> > > I presume that Seesmic just got early access to that method. >> > >> > > So, in this case, user-to-app requires Basic Auth credentials, but >> app- >> > > to-Twitter uses OAuth once the app has obtained the tokens with the >> > > new method. >> > >> > > On Feb 4, 4:21 pm, Zac Bowling <zbowl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > Yes, what magic is this? >> > >> > > > I'm confused. It takes username and password but then uses OAuth? >> > >> > > > I wonder if they are injecting the username/password into the OAuth >> form >> > > on >> > > > the page. >> > >> > > > Twitter should really randomize that page or require captcha or >> > > something. >> > >> > > > Zac Bowling >> > >> > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com >> > >> > > wrote: >> > > > > Raffi, >> > >> > > > > Have you tried it? There is no OAuth flow. I.e., the user types in >> his >> > > > > Twitter username and password. That's it. >> > >> > > > > If it is indeed using OAuth, does that mean that the background >> > > > > requesting of tokens when you have the Twitter credentials is now >> > > > > available? Meaning, I can also now use it to convert all existing >> > > > > Twitter accounts to OAuth in one fell swoop? >> > >> > > > > On Feb 3, 3:02 pm, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: >> > > > > > seesmic look, i believe, is using oauth talking to >> api.twitter.com. >> > >> > > > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Dewald Pretorius < >> dpr...@gmail.com> >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > > Raffi, >> > >> > > > > > > What's going on here? >> > >> > > > > > > Your credibility is at stake here. You've been telling us in >> many >> > > > > > > posts that new apps must use OAuth to get a source >> attribution, and >> > > > > > > only old grandfathered apps have source attribution with Basic >> > > Auth. >> > >> > > > > > > On Feb 2, 11:18 pm, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > > > > > > At first I thought they must have changed the old Seesmic >> source >> > > to >> > > > > > > > Seesmic Look. >> > >> > > > > > > > But no. >> > >> > > > > > > > Here's a recent tweet from Seesmic: >> > > > > > >http://twitter.com/CathyBrooks/status/8570217879 >> > >> > > > > > > > And here's a recent one from Seesmic Look: >> > > > > > >http://twitter.com/adamse/status/8565271563 >> > >> > > > > > > > Seesmic Look uses Basic Auth. >> > >> > > > > > > > Does anyone else spot Mt Everest on this level playing field >> of >> > > ours? >> > >> > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 10:41 pm, Pedro Junior <v.ju.ni.o...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > > > > > > > *Seesmic Look is old? >> > > > > > > > > * >> > > > > > > > > - >> > > > > > > > > Pedro Junior >> > >> > > > > > > > > 2010/2/2 Lukas Müller <webmas...@muellerlukas.de> >> > >> > > > > > > > > > Only old apps can do this. New apps cannot use it. >> > >> > > > > > -- >> > > > > > Raffi Krikorian >> > > > > > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi >> > >> > -- >> > Abraham Williams | Community Advocate |http://abrah.am >> > Project | Out Loud |http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States >> > > > > -- > Abraham Williams | Community Advocate | http://abrah.am > Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
