More OAUTH News, Future Tweets stops Recurring Tweets

Hi Everyone,

Remember, for months we’ve been yelling “Oauth is coming, Oauth is coming” like some crazy people with tin foil hats claiming the end of the world

But now, it’s proving to be true! Twitter is laying the proverbial “smack” down on all tools that go OAUTH (which they are required to do before the 1st of June) which don’t follow Twitter’s Terms of Service.

For example
Future Tweets recently posted this on their homepage:

So it begins.  Remember, Marketmetweet is 100% twitter compliant AND OAUTH secure.

To review, What does OAUTH mean?

OAuth is an authentication protocol that allows users to approve application to act on their behalf without sharing their password. More information can be found at oauth.net or in the excellent Beginner’s Guide to OAuth from Hueniverse.

How Do I know if the Tool I bought uses OAuth?

Tools which don’t use Oauth require you to input your Twitter username and password directly into the tool, which they then store (doesn’t sound very secure does it? Giving away your private details to someone else) – Tools which use Oauth, require you to ’sign in with twitter’ which opens up a secure connection to twitter. OAuth secure web tools allow you to sign in and connect the tool. Desktop applications require you to sign in a obtain a pin, which you enter into the tool, so you never give away your password.

Bear in mind if your tool is web based you will not need to obtain the pin, it will just ask you to ‘connect.’

Do you have a twitter app that is struggling to get onto OAUTH or is going out of business because of the new rules?

Talk to us. We may want to acquire you.

~Tammy and Alan