Twitter is one of the fastest growing social networking platforms which register thousands of new users daily. However as other social platforms like Facebook, it's facing the problem of identity theft due to stolen passwords or accounts. This is mainly due to a simple and basic authentication system in place which lets users to sign-in through the web applications or third-party clients through a simple procedure.
Twitter is now preparing OAuthcalypse that will be released by the end of June this year. Twitter will replace the basic authentication system with OAuth to connect to third party apps. Thus users will no longer have to provide their authentication details (username and password) after 30th June while using programs made on Twitter API.
The announcement was made through the Twitter API's Google group which called the developers to start making applications that will utilize OAuth instead of the current system. However, the streaming API will enable the applications to get access to real-time twitter feeds will still use the basic authentication procedure.
This move is welcomed by users and developers alike as the new system will reduce the events of identity theft. We hope other social media platforms also establish such procedures for authentication to make it safer and easier for the users in general.
Twitter has also launched the OAuth countdown clock as a reminder to the developers to shift to the new specifications by this time.
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