api,

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.

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