[Voting included] Weapon/Security against *Viral Tweets* & similar password-sucking "twitter-tools"

sellingonline · 07-26-2009, 07:37 PM

Okay, I just stumbled across Your Twitter Account Has Been Hacked... And *You* Are To Blame?

and I could have posted it there, but then it would not reach most of you, buried down on page xx of the thread - hence here to help as many people as possible to protect their data:

For those of you concerned about "Viral Tweets" sucking your twitter password out of you in order to optin for "whatever" - a little hint for you:

(1) click source code on the webpage requiring you to give out your password to ViralTwitter

(2) look for "twitter_redirect" in the source and there you go, the URL you are redirected after giving out your information in plain text to copy/paste.

This also works for other Twitter-Tools, "Viral Tweets" is just the most annoying one.

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At the end what I think is, that it's sad some "marketers" force us to get creative, but in order to protect my accounts / private information I go looong ways - and of course, I remember the people trying to get me into exposing myself to get "free reports" - an email into an optin form is one thing, getting my passwords a very very different story...

Hope that helps somebody -> always remember to be careful with your data, period.

PS: Yes, I don't exactly "love" "Viral Tweets" - in fact if I wouldn't have decided to not use the word ha.e anymore, I would have used it)

Oh and btw, if the owner/programmer of "Viral Tweets" is a member here: Sorry, but your tool could easily work without exposing passwords and you know that -> fix it and all is good, don't fix it and you have to stand the critiques, end of story.

((( Or what do you guys think? I personally don't use tools requiring my subscribers to expose and unnecessary private information - never, I would feel terrible simply knowing it!! )))

View Poll Results: Are you giving away your twitter (or other) passwords on third-party websites to "optin"?
Yes, I'm trustful & believe my password is not stored.	0	0%
No, I never give my password, that would be like giving away my CC-PIN!	2	100.00%
Voters: 2. You may not vote on this poll

07-26-2009, 07:37 PM	#1
sellingonline I LOVE selling GOOD STUFF War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Germany/Australia (crazy & we love it!) Posts: 225 Thanks: 6 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	*[Voting included] Weapon/Security against Viral Tweets* & similar password-sucking "twitter-tools"** Okay, I just stumbled across Your Twitter Account Has Been Hacked... And You Are To Blame? and I could have posted it there, but then it would not reach most of you, buried down on page xx of the thread - hence here to help as many people as possible to protect their data: For those of you concerned about "Viral Tweets" sucking your twitter password out of you in order to optin for "whatever" - a little hint for you: (1) click source code on the webpage requiring you to give out your password to ViralTwitter (2) look for "twitter_redirect" in the source and there you go, the URL you are redirected after giving out your information in plain text to copy/paste. This also works for other Twitter-Tools, "Viral Tweets" is just the most annoying one. ### At the end what I think is, that it's sad some "marketers" force us to get creative, but in order to protect my accounts / private information I go looong ways - and of course, I remember the people trying to get me into exposing myself to get "free reports" - an email into an optin form is one thing, getting my passwords a very very different story... Hope that helps somebody -> always remember to be careful with your data, period. PS: Yes, I don't exactly "love" "Viral Tweets" - in fact if I wouldn't have decided to not use the word ha.e anymore, I would have used it) Oh and btw, if the owner/programmer of "Viral Tweets" is a member here: Sorry, but your tool could easily work without exposing passwords and you know that -> fix it and all is good, don't fix it and you have to stand the critiques, end of story. ((( Or what do you guys think? I personally don't use tools requiring my subscribers to expose and unnecessary private information - never, I would feel terrible simply knowing it!! )))
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