John Kalucki from Twitter's platform team responded in the comments with what sounds like a reasonable alternative: http://hoisie.com/post/a_warning_to_hackers_

John Kalucki from Twitter's platform team responded in the comments with what sounds like a reasonable alternative: http://hoisie.com/post/a_warning_to_hackers_be_careful_building_on_twitters_api#comment-125554983 http://hoisie.com/post/a_warning_to_hackers_be_careful_build...