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Why Twitter's New Security Solution Could Pave the Way to a Future Web of Mashups

Source: ReadWriteWeb

Jan 24, 2009

Summary

Microblogging service Twitter's habit of playing fast and loose with user passwords may be coming to an end, if a technical trial started today can be successfully implemented by its development team. Earlier this month, the company saw the accounts of users from Barack Obama to Fox News to Britney Spears get "hacked." More importantly, millions of Twitter users hand out their passwords to strangers every day, because there's no other way to access the fabulous ecosystem of applications built on top of the famous Twitter data platform, or API.

Today Twitter opened up trial access to a new user sign-in protocol for third party developers - until it was swamped by demand and the trial was closed just two hours later. This isn't just a geek story, though, this could impact all users of Twitter and other sites all around the web.

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The solution being explored (called OAuth) could not only make the much-watched Twitter more secure, it could help usher in an era where effective user security enables an explosion of mashups across every website we store our d

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Jan 25, 2009

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Martinrstone,

Jan 25, 2009

fantastic news. The first step to sharing IDs around the net in a formal open secure manner through OAuth. The world could change over the next few months.