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Maybe accounts for clients like the AP need not a two-factor system, but perhaps messages should only originate from a whitelisted set of IP addresses.

• justin 14y ago
  This isn't really a good solution for mobile phones which change IP address frequently.
  • fnordfnordfnord 14y ago
    Of course it isn't. But I can't imagine why the AP would want anyone to send tweets on their behalf from a mobile phone. Maybe there isn't a single solution that meets the needs of every user.
    • xxpor 14y ago
      >But I can't imagine why the AP would want anyone to send tweets on their behalf from a mobile phone. Reporters in the field? Especially in a breaking news situation where they want to be first.
      • fnordfnordfnord 14y ago
        Are you suggesting that there may be many AP reporters who are authorized to tweet on AP's behalf from the field, implying a total lack of editorial control (and probably a total lack of coordination as well)? I think that is very unlikely. I'd find it very hard to believe that there isn't a very well defined system in place to control all official correspondence. They have a news desk that is staffed 24hrs per day. Surely a person there could monitor tweets or communications from reporters in the field. I'd even expect there to be a different individual with the keys to the Twittermachine.