I've run into this issue - Twitter could solve this by allowing XAuth
to be used by web clients (with a policy about not abusing it), plus
allowing any developer to use XAuth.
On Aug 20, 2:34 am, artesea wrote:
> Nearly all the users on my dabr install are Chinese and have found it
> via word of
Nearly all the users on my dabr install are Chinese and have found it
via word of mouth.
Once BasicAuth is turned off I plan to close the page down.
I was considering a man-in-the-middle OAuth dance, in which anyone who
trusted me gave me their username and password. I did the dance and
gave them
Tom,
Been meaning to get back to you on that.
I have followers in China and follow some Chinese accounts as well.
I don't think they are using any special technique - via web,
facebook, twitter for iphone, hootsuite...
Blockages are occasional, partial, not very effective...
On Aug 14, 6:20 pm, T
You're failing to see the point.
In the past, with basic auth, there was no need to "create any sort of
account" from the third party app side. No need for a database, local
accounts, nothing. A user could login as this wish, without issue,
regardless as to whether or not they need to access the
> Simple answer: because people in china can't even get to twitter.com *once*.
Then the certainly don't have a twitter account to post tweets with,
do they? Certainly we're not trying to enable people to create
twitter accounts and tweet completely automatically. That would end
well, wouldn't it
Oh. Good point.
Tom
On 8/14/10 7:22 PM, Ken wrote:
> If they can't get to Twitter even once, then the point of the original
> argument is lost as they need to set up a Twitter account in the first
> place.
>
> Perhaps the OP should obtain permission from Twitter to create
> accounts for persons
If they can't get to Twitter even once, then the point of the original
argument is lost as they need to set up a Twitter account in the first
place.
Perhaps the OP should obtain permission from Twitter to create
accounts for persons affected by censorship and then facilitate their
access through h
Simple answer: because people in china can't even get to twitter.com *once*.
Tom
On 8/14/10 4:37 PM, Ken wrote:
> Why is this an issue?
>
> A few months ago, someone from Twitter I believe suggested a pattern
> such as this:
>
> User starts to create an account on your site
> To enable the Twi
Why is this an issue?
A few months ago, someone from Twitter I believe suggested a pattern
such as this:
User starts to create an account on your site
To enable the Twitter integration, you send them to Twitter.com *once*
where they allow your app.
You store their token and log the user in to you
Is there no one from Twitter proper who has a position regarding this?
On Aug 13, 2:12 pm, TheGuru wrote:
> Add that to the list of even more reasons why this is an issue.
>
> However, even stating oh well, tell them to use their cell phones,
> obviously isn't a solution of any degree. Smart Pho
Add that to the list of even more reasons why this is an issue.
However, even stating oh well, tell them to use their cell phones,
obviously isn't a solution of any degree. Smart Phone penetration in
the US, for example, is still less than 20%...
On Aug 13, 9:43 am, earth2marsh wrote:
> At leas
IHMO the discussion of international politics and social media should
take place in a wider forum, such as Twitter itself, and not be
limited to oAuth vs. basic authentication. ;-) There was a keynote
speech at Open Source Bridge 2010 by Danny O'Brien about this - see
http://opensourcebridg
At least "people at work" have the potential to use phones to access
Twitter…
I'm worried about users like those in China behind The Great Firewall.
Currently, they can interact with Twitter by using proxies and http
basic auth. But OAuth requires access to twitter.com (or some sort of
mediation).
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