Am I Popular: Twitter Users Hand Over Credentials To Random
RED ALERT, RED ALERT, RED ALERT
WITH so many Twitter ranking systems out there (and new ones appearing everyday) It didn’t take long for users of the service to get ‘loose’ and careless with their credentials ahead of their egos.
I saw an influx of tweets from those who put their details in to the site Twitter Rank of which many are calling a scam.
Apparantly the “Post my twitterrank on Twitter” tick box was broken, and no matter whether you ticked it, it sent out a tweet with your ‘Twitter rank’.
The source code of the website (of which has now been changed) read the following:
If you’ve entered your information on the site, I’d suggest you change your password, no matter what the author has said.
Here’s one primary example of how token based authentication like Facebook/Flickr/FriendFeed is much better than Twitter’s single username+password credential. Each application can only have one unique token from you, and you can always boot that app out later on…