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ehPReth on Jan 16, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tweetbot is back down again

I wonder what would happen (technically, legally, etc) if TweetBot et. al started using one of Twitter's api keys for its apps?

AIUI they're all embedded in their respective apps... https://gist.github.com/shobotch/5160017

SilverBirch on Jan 16, 2023 [–]

I suspect that the first thing would be a simple legal letter saying "Cease and desist". The second would be a lawsuit. And via side channels Twitter could probably prod the US government to go after the apps for breaking some hacking law, and would almost certainly just ping Apple to take them down too.

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