There are a never-ending number of cool and interesting Twitter services that expand and enhance the platform.
But there’s a growing concern about whether some of them are doing more than just providing you with another way to leverage Twitter. In particular, some people are concerned about services that ask for your username and password. They believe that these sites could be collecting information to hack into your Twitter account given you’ve given them all the information they need.
Bottom line: if you’re going to be giving someone your username and password for Twitter-related services – and other non-Twitter services as well – be careful.
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I can't wait until Twitter supports OAuth for authentication — there will be no need to worry about this issue anymore! It sounds like it should be coming along the pipeline soon!