Why Are People So Loose With Twitter Logins?
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A few weeks ago, I clicked on a link on Twitter which I do countless times every single day. It was a squeeze page. Nothing unusual there either considering the market I am interested in. But what is different is, the squeeze page asked not for your email but your Twitter login. Hmm… excuse me, but aren’t I supposed to keep logins to myself? Doesn’t everyone get told not to enter their user names and passwords on any site other than the one its meant to be used on?
So why?
Why do I see so many people re-tweet the message which was generated after they enter the login information?
I know of many twitter applications that require login and yes I am guilty of it myself I guess the lure of an application no matter how trivial made it OK in my mind but it’s not and I’ve since stopped entering logins into applications that require them. Many developers realized this and so has Twitter that the newer ones can work without your Twitter password, only username is sufficient. Still… I think Twitter needs a special public key for people to use like FriendFeed does. That’s another post. In this post, I just want to focus on us as users being more careful with their logins.
It’s crazy especially entering passwords on a squeeze page is like absolute no-no to me. I like technology. I like making technology work in marketing – obviously. But not like this. Even if they say they don’t save your logins – how can you be sure? If you are sure and they are so concerned with your personal information they would at least make it a secure connection but it’s NOT. If you want to use them, at the very least, change your password right away and make darn sure it’s some really long goobly gook although I still don’t recommend it.
What say you?
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Hey Lynettte. . .I must admit to ‘giving away’ my username and password to some of these twitter toys too. What’s even worse, though, is that I didn’t even think about it! I’m normally so careful – and have never even added a Facebook app (much to the dismay of my friends!) – so why do I do it so easily with Twitter? Hmmm. . . I’ll certainly be thinking twice now.
Hey Lynettte. . .I must admit to ‘giving away’ my username and password to some of these twitter toys too. What’s even worse, though, is that I didn’t even think about it! I’m normally so careful – and have never even added a Facebook app (much to the dismay of my friends!) – so why do I do it so easily with Twitter? Hmmm. . . I’ll certainly be thinking twice now.
They there Stephanie, truthfully, Facebook apps annoy me to no end. I wish people would stop sending me those. Oooh don’t I sound anti-social? LOL Guess the bottom line is, I’m a somewhat a hermit.
Yeah, I’ve done those application things too. I think some of the apps can’t help it because Twitter requires authentication to perform certain actions.
They there Stephanie, truthfully, Facebook apps annoy me to no end. I wish people would stop sending me those. Oooh don’t I sound anti-social? LOL Guess the bottom line is, I’m a somewhat a hermit.
Yeah, I’ve done those application things too. I think some of the apps can’t help it because Twitter requires authentication to perform certain actions.