Comments on: Twitter account hacked

By: The Backpackr

The Backpackr — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:01:46 +0000

Kamal: Thanks for the authoritative view on the principles of passwords, though to be honest, some services have yet to implement oAuth, which is a pity. I’m sure it’s a matter of time.

Lisalicious: Glad to hear you got your Gmail account back. Do be very careful with where your personal information is stored.

By: Kamal

Kamal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:07:29 +0000

As a matter of principle, you should never ever give out your Twitter username/password to any third-party site. Twitter has rolled out oAuth which allows third-party applications to do interesting stuff on your behalf without requiring the users giving up their passwords at all, for example the iranelection avatar tint, posting on your behalf (think twitterfeed). There is no excuse for sites not to implement this.

By: Jing-leBelle

Jing-leBelle — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:43:22 +0000

It’s scary man..
I think it’s time to take it serious like bank account number?
I don’t wanna register new account again and add all over again >.<

By: Lisalicious

Lisalicious — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:23:40 +0000

i just got my gmail account hacked and luckily i was able to recover it back..!!!!!

haiyo the pain!!!!

By: Danny Foo

Danny Foo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:51:55 +0000

Well, let’s hope her password wasn’t one of the most common used ones. Otherwise, like internet banking – never give out your username/password to unbelievable sources.

Or, you can just tell her to check with you on certain things for confirmation if it’s a phishing scam.

By: EVo

EVo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:44:57 +0000

That’s true man. people tend to forget about this and pay more attention to phishing links from banks only lol.