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Using oAuth with Twitter in ShareKit - High Permission Level?

I am using Sharekit to post a couple of lines of text from my app to twitter. I am using oAuth and have chosen "Read and Write" permission when setting up the app in twitter.

When I post to twitter, the app works perfectly and asks me to validate my login. However I notice it says the following :

This application will be able to :

  • Read tweets from your timeline
  • See who you follow and follow new people
  • Update your profile (!)
  • Post tweets on your behalf

Is this normal - it strikes me as odd that the user is agreeing to me being able to change his profile and follow users on his behalf ?

Thanks,

Martin

Solution

  • That is correct, read/write on your app provides all these permissions to it. You'd wonder why they'd have a separate permission for DMs and only DMs...