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Title: Twitter improves security for shared accounts Post by: HCK on February 18, 2015, 09:00:18 am Twitter improves security for shared accounts
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Twitter is giving users what it thinks is a safer way to handle shared access to an account without compromising the login.</p><p> Users of TweetDeck (https://about.twitter.com/products/tweetdeck), the popular dashboard system for the site, will be able to share access to Twitter accounts without sharing passwords. That adds a useful layer of security for businesses that use Twitter, by eliminating the need to disseminate passwords among employees.</p><p> Some high-profile Twitter accounts like those belonging to Newsweek magazine and the U.S. military’s Central Command have been hacked in recent months. Shared passwords are an obvious weak point (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2882677/newsweek-twitter-hack-is-a-sign-of-the-times.html) for corporate social media accounts, as they increase the likelihood of unauthorized access.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2885352/twitter-improves-security-for-shared-accounts.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Twitter improves security for shared accounts (http://www.macworld.com/article/2885352/twitter-improves-security-for-shared-accounts.html#tk.rss_all) |