With the increased attacks to gain control of Twitter accounts.
There are a few things that may help while we wait for Twitter to get a handle on security.
There are a number of link scanners that can be used to fight rogue links within Twitter. These are the two that I know about.
http://linkscanner.avg.com/ww.sals-how-it-works.html
http://securebrowsing.finjan.com/
If you do not trust or have the link scanner software, do not click on suspicious links within Twitter. If your unsure don’t click.
There is a firefox plugin called LongURL Mobile Expander. In it’s own words:
You should always know where a link takes you before clicking on it. Services like TinyURL.com make that difficult. LongURL Mobile Expander uses the LongURL.org web services to let you know where shortened links *really* go. This can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8636
The other thing I would suggest people do is go through their account connections http://twitter.com/account/connections and remove connections that are no longer required.
Change your password regularly.
These are things that may help while we wait for Twitter to concentrate on stability and security. We all like shiny shiny like lists and update notifications, but stability and security for me first please.
This is great stuff! Thanks for keeping everyone updated on their options for security. There are so many people out there doing mean things just because they can and it is good people and friends that help to keep us ahead of them.
Yen & Yang must exist and has through out ages. I am happy to say I like being on the good people side just as you are my friend. Mean People Suck.
Thank you I hope some of the tools help. I also hope that Twitter start focussing on stability and security.
I agree and I hope they do not proscrastinate on focusing on both these very important items. Stability and security are most important for any application and business inorder to thrive in the easy come easy go world of today. I do hope they are able to find a way to filter out the negative users to make way for more positive users that truly appreicate the application for what it offers us.