If you use or have used "Twitter" please answer!?

[♥Monkey Girl♥]

Okay, so a friend introduced me to Twitter. I don't use it much because that person is the only person on there I know. But anyway, I felt uncomfortable putting my email adress and my email adress PASSWORD. I know it was to find people I know.

So here's my question:

Is it secure or am I getting phished?
Then how does it get my contacts?

[David D]

You're misunderstanding the instructions.

Your twitter login name is the same as your email address. The password it asks for is your Twitter password, not your email password.

Update: Oh, you're talking about the "Invite people from other networks" feature.

They seem to be using the Password AntiPattern ( http://adactio.com/journal/1357 )

Don't give them your password. They can *probably* be trusted, but it usually violates the terms and conditions of your email service and there is usually a better way for them to get their data. I wouldn't reward them for being lazy.

[MrMcQ]

I use Twitter constantly, and the only insecurity you can find is by posting your information publicly. Online networks like Facebook, MySpace, and even Twitter use a lot of personal information for marketing tools and data mining...your username and password are not at stake, otherwise, they'd be liable for privacy laws and so forth.

If you don't feel like using the same login info for your Twitter, its not paranoia. Feel free to create and new username/password, even create a new email account (Yahoo!, GMail, Hotmail, etc.) to lessen the chances someone who might discover your login information to access everything.

If you diversify your security, you can give yourself peace of mind. Just make sure to either commit them to memory, or write them down. Note: Its not suggested to save your login info in a document or file on your computer, in the off-chance your computer is compromised in any way.

Let me know if this helps!

[RaffiTheMaster]

Well its open to the Public, anybody can sign up for free, I been to the website....If its a social networking site, I don't think you will get phished...