spyware

Just call me paranoid:

• Why does Twitter NOT offer oAuth to authenticate users via API? Many twitter-api-powered applications ask for one's twitter user name and password in order to use the service. Because Twitter doesn't support something like oAuth, Twitter-api-powered applications have to store your credentials themselves. When ANY of your twitter applications get compromised, your twitter credential will be stolen. so I don't really think using Twitter to send money via a app like twitpay is a viable option until Twitter fixes this problem.

Tags: spyware twitter, api, security, oauth, twitpay, virus, malware

I've been used to running Anti-spyware, Anti-virus, Firewall Programs on Windows. Mac is "supposed" to be more secure, but I always want to be safe than sorry. Mac is getting popular, so it will become a popular target for virus and spyware writers. Also, Leopard's built-in firewall, which is not activated by default, sucks.

so I did some research, and started using the following free programs for Max OS X Leopard:

• ClamxAV Open Source anti-virus - The version on Mac doesn't let me scan my disk in one click cause it said it'd cause problems. I had to select folders to scan instead. Also, I needed to set up the preferences to monitor scan with progress bar, scan email files, alert on virus detection, and the schedule to do daily virus definition update and scan. These things should have been set up as default.

Tags: security mac osx firewall anti-virus spyware leopard