Comments on: Four information points on Twitter phishing http://www.mckeay.net/2009/01/05/four-information-points-on-twitter-phishing/ The views of one man on security, privacy and anything else that catches his attention. The views expressed on this blog do not reflect the views of my employer or anyone other than myself. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Martin http://www.mckeay.net/2009/01/05/four-information-points-on-twitter-phishing/comment-page-1/#comment-4057 Martin Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:11:03 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2009/01/05/four-information-points-on-twitter-phishing/#comment-4057 Richard, How about we meet half-way on this one: Yes, it is a problem with how Twitter manages user names and passwords but it's also a problem with people putting in their information when they should know better. There were alarms raised before this point, but maybe they weren't enough. Martin Richard,

How about we meet half-way on this one: Yes, it is a problem with how Twitter manages user names and passwords but it’s also a problem with people putting in their information when they should know better. There were alarms raised before this point, but maybe they weren’t enough.

Martin

]]> By: stiennon http://www.mckeay.net/2009/01/05/four-information-points-on-twitter-phishing/comment-page-1/#comment-4056 stiennon Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:48:57 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2009/01/05/four-information-points-on-twitter-phishing/#comment-4056 Yes, it *is* a Twitter problem. No security issue should ever come down to "it's the damn users". Technology *can* solve this. In many cases the issue is with the third parties who request credentials so they can plug into the API's. Grader.com does not ask for your Twitter password. Neither does tweetstats. Twitter will solve this. They have to, or spammers will ruin their business model (such as it is.) -Stiennon Yes, it *is* a Twitter problem. No security issue should ever come down to “it’s the damn users”. Technology *can* solve this. In many cases the issue is with the third parties who request credentials so they can plug into the API’s. Grader.com does not ask for your Twitter password. Neither does tweetstats.

Twitter will solve this. They have to, or spammers will ruin their business model (such as it is.)

-Stiennon

]]> By: Liquidmatrix Security Digest » Security Briefing - January 6th http://www.mckeay.net/2009/01/05/four-information-points-on-twitter-phishing/comment-page-1/#comment-4053 Liquidmatrix Security Digest » Security Briefing - January 6th Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:28:39 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2009/01/05/four-information-points-on-twitter-phishing/#comment-4053 [...] Four information points on Twitter phishing - McKeay [...] [...] Four information points on Twitter phishing – McKeay [...]

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