Posts Tagged ‘oauth’
I am no longer confused! Here is a quick tutorial in how to post images to Twitpic and Twitter when using OAuth. I’m indebted to Steve Corona of Twitpic, for his help with this.
You can see the full code on Dabr’s Google Code page.
First of all, you’ll need to have enabled OAuth for …
Twitpic has implemented an OAuth API. No more having to hand out passwords to all and sundy. Only I’m too much of a dunderhead to get it working. Perhaps it’s a combination of heatstroke or this rotten head-cold, but I just can’t see what I’m doing wrong. Any help much appreciated.
The easy …
This morning, when I logged on to Twitter, I saw a user who I didn’t recognise tweeting away in my timeline.
I wracked my brains thinking about how they could have gotten in there before I realised it was a long-dormant friend who had changed their name and avatar.
But, in thinking about how a spammer could …
Twitter have announced that all third party site will have to use OAuth. You will no longer be able to just type in your username and password to get access to Twitter via your favourite web client.
Usually, I would be a big fan of this move – especially if it forces password anti-pattern sites like …
I’m a big fan of OAuth – despite some claims to the contrary. It’s an excellent way of teaching people not to stick their username and password into any old site which asks for it. Which is why I’m so incredibly disappointed in Twitter’s implementation of mobile OAuth.
For a service which started out …
Twitter has a gaping security hole. Changing your password won’t stop malicious users logging in as you!
I received a rather worrying email from Twitter. Apparently they thought my password had been compromised and needed to be reset.
After checking to see if it was valid, I went and changed my password. Any site which relied on …
