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Twitter ranking site Twitterank was the big news on Twitter today, until users started worrying about the fact that they'd unquestioningly given it their passwords.
It's still not entirely clear whether this was an elaborate hoax, a phishing scam, or just another arbitrary Twitter ranking site, but it's been fun watching everyone scramble to try and figure it out.
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I took the time to email the creator himself. He says“Hi Richie,Sorry about the slow response. I just got back from work, and am trying
to catch up on email :-)Your intuition is correct. I'm just a dude who had an idea, and
underestimated how willing people are to give strangers their passwords.
I do agree that people should be more cautious about giving away their
passwords, though I wish ZDnet had gotten my side of the story before
spreading rumors.Ryo”
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