https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/tags/uma/ Recent content in Uma on Open Source Currency Hugo en-us Fri, 20 May 2011 22:02:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2011/05/20/oauth-scopes-with-uma-action-urls/ Fri, 20 May 2011 22:02:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2011/05/20/oauth-scopes-with-uma-action-urls/ <p>In a recent South Park episode, Kyle is kidnapped and subjected to product prototyping (made of people) by employees of a large, cult-like tech company who explain that it is all justified: Kyle failed to read the complex terms and conditions he agreed to. Unfortunately, the risks of consenting to the agreement were not clear to Kyle.</p> <p>There is a new hope. Earlier this week, <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2011/05/mission-permission.html">Twitter announced more precise controls over permissions</a> granted to third parties. Twitter wants to make the risks of consent more clear. Access to your direct messages should be on a need-to-know basis. Twitter says that by mid-June, when you grant a third-party permission to your twitter account, it will no longer be able to access your direct messages unless you have explicitly granted that particular type of access.</p>