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Also twitter whenever the app is supposed to act on behalf of a user. (OAuth 2 is simpler, and is available for accessing public data not on behalf of a user.)
by brlewis 8y ago
Also twitter whenever the app is supposed to act on behalf of a user. (OAuth 2 is simpler, and is available for accessing public data not on behalf of a user.)
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/overview/oauth.html https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/...
- dwaite 8y agoTwitter is very reluctant to find out how much removing OAuth 1.0a (and their previous incarnations like XAuth) will break in their legacy infrastructure and for existing trusted clients. A migration path would mean adding OAuth 2 in addition to all the previous mechanisms, and then likely acting over a long migration timeline.