If you’re ever asked in an email from Twitter to change your password, think first and then do this. Do not click on any links in the email. Go to your web browser and sign in to Twitter as you normally would. Click on Settings in the upper right, then click on Password. This is the only safe way to change your password.
Should you change your password if you receive this email from Twitter? I would say yes, even if you think the email is not from Twitter. Password protection is the weakest point of entry on the Web, so strong passwords that are changed frequently are the best way to protect your goods online.
The Twitter API has allowed developers to create thousands of Twitter tools and applications that help us make even better use of Twitter, and these tools require that you log in to your Twitter account off site. In these cases, your username and password are protected.
But because we can sign in so easily from other places, Twitter users are easy targets for phishing attacks. And quite a few have accompanied Twitter’s rapid growth in the last 18 months. If Twitter were to ask you to change your password, most likely they would tell you the same thing: go to your Twitter account and do it there.
Can you offer any warnings on Twitter attacks you’ve encountered?
