Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Question about storing username & password like tweetdeck

http://support.tweetdeck.com/entries/161996-important-tweetdeck-and-the-upcoming-twitter-api-authentication-change

"The most recent versions of TweetDeck for the desktop, from v0.33 onwards,
already use xAuth rather than basic authentication, so will be unaffected
by this change."

http://support.tweetdeck.com/entries/229056-iphone-and-ipad-tweetdecks-updated-for-basic-auth-switch-off

"... we have had to update our iPhone and iPad apps to use xAuth for Twitter
authentication."

TweetDeck think so.

On 28 Mar 2011, at 14:54, jimmy6 wrote:

> I dont think so. Tweetdeck need to store our twiter's username and
> password. Look like it direct access our account. Right?
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> On Mar 27, 11:08 pm, Scott Wilcox <sc...@dor.ky> wrote:
>> Tweetdeck uses XAuth to obtain tokens for OAuth use.
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>> On 27 Mar 2011, at 15:56, Jimmy Au wrote:
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>>> I am wondering what api is using by tweetdeck which is not using oauth
>>> authentication. It direct using username and password for it's app.
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