OAuth support added for Twitter Login

Last night I added OAuth support to BigTweet for logins to Twitter. What does this mean?

OAuth allows an application like BigTweet to obtain authorization to post to Twitter without requiring that you supply your password to the application. This is a win for everyone and goes a long way toward enhancing the security of the process.

BigTweet takes this a step further. We encrypt the OAuth “token” that we get from Twitter that allows us to post on your behalf, and use the secure https protocol whenever we communicate with Twitter.

Security of your experience with BigTweet is a top priority and we are happy to be able to now offer this enhancement.

Please note though that Twitter OAuth support is currently in “beta” status, and there may be occasions where we need to revert back temporarily to the previous username/password method.

- Scott