Why does status/followers require auth?

[Terence Eden]

From http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses%C2%A0followers

"Requires Authentication (about authentication):
false unless requesting it from a protected user; if getting this data
of a protected user, you must auth (and be allowed to see that user)."

But, if I am logged in to http://twitter.com/ I *can* see a protected
user's friends and followers - even if I'm not following them.

Anyone know the reason for this inconsistency?

Also the same for status/friends.

Thanks

T

[Abraham Williams]

This also applies to the social graph methods which is very frustrating for my Intersect extension. [1]

Abraham

[1] https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/npdjhmblakdjfnnajeomfbogokloiggg

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[Terence Eden]

Raised as an issue
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1480

On Feb 21, 6:06 pm, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This also applies to the social graph methods which is very frustrating for
> my Intersect extension. [1]
>
> Abraham
>

> [1]https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/npdjhmblakdjfnnajeomfbogo...
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 01:27, Terence Eden <terence.e...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > From
> >http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses%C2%A0f...

>
> > "Requires Authentication (about authentication):
> > false unless requesting it from a protected user; if getting this data
> > of a protected user, you must auth (and be allowed to see that user)."
>

> > But, if I am logged in tohttp://twitter.com/I *can* see a protected