There are all kinds of cool and interesting Twitter services. Some of them ask for your username and password. While many of these services are legit, it might be a good idea to think twice before handing over personal information.
For more, check out this post on my tech blog, Mark Evans Tech. As well, Oliver Marks has some thoughts on Twitterank, a ranking tool that asked you for your Twitter username and password.
Update: Mashable’s Adam Ostrow has a long post looking at Twitterank and why its time in the spotlight earlier this week was so interesting.
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Unfortunately, Twitter still only gives the option of http basic auth through the API. It’s my hope that they’ll update and bring forth a more secure option for the future.
That being said, at the very least, use a different password for Twitter than other services. That way, if your pw does get compromised, it’s only for Twitter. Though, to be sure, you SHOULD be using unique passwords for everything you do. I’m aware, after having worked in IT for the better part of a decade, that this is less than ideally practical, but at least make an effort.