Comments on: Twitterank Phishing Scam

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:13:13 +0000

Yeah, no worries about the typo, we all do it. I think he’s so much in the public eye now, that it will either make or break him. There seem to be 1000s of tweeters still bragging about their twitterank out there…

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:53:14 +0000

yes, you’re right, typed the name wrong, sorry… Change it to “Ryo”, if you like. At the End the Interview is no evidence or some really new Information, but I think it is worth watching this. I’m based in Germany and the Interview was taken to inform also only-german speakers and I don’t wanted copy other pages.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:35:15 +0000

Andy, thanks for sharing your interview with “Ryo”. I’m taking it on trust that it’s genuine even though you typed his name wrong. However, I don’t think he really says anything more in your interview than he has elsewhere in the media. It certainly doesn’t nail whether or not he’s genuine or not…he’s not going to admit in public to being a phisher of men (and women) in public after all.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:36:31 +0000

An exclusive Interview with Kyo taken by me:
http://www.phishmail.de/2008/11/twitterank-das-interview/

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:20:32 +0000

I was on the road all day, using my BlackBerry – had seen a few tweets about this service but that’s the extent of my involvement.

So, I sit back and watch the rumors and responses fly back and forth.

You’re right about password security and it raises the issue which can’t be repeated enough: If you’re not going to jump into a car with a stranger at the age of 7, don’t give your passwords to strangers without checking them out.

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:08:08 +0000

The commonsense approach is simply not to use sites where you can’t be sure of their intent or security protocols.

It’s the downside of APIs that mashup data from secure sites, I suppose.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:24:07 +0000

I tried to get all this “out there” early on, as soon as I saw it this morning, but I guess a lot of people were trying to do that too. You’re right such a tool is just a bit of fun, nothing particularly relevant…just like Google toolbar PR, in fact

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:05:37 +0000

Interesting. I had seen all of this except for Ryo’s response on ZDnet. I think that overall people need to be more careful with their passwords and change them frequently. And if they want to test a tool like this, change their password, test the app., and then change the password again.

I was amused that this happened the same day I posted an article asking if these ranking and grading systems even mattered.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:12:15 +0000

Twitterank creator, Ryo Chijiiwa, responds to the scam accusations on ZDnet.