title: Using javascript with the twitter API
body: <p>I'm interested in making a twitter client using Adobe Air, but I'm kinda stuck right now, as I can't figure out a better way to connect to the twitter REST API since it needs authentication.</p>
  
  <p>Currently, the client sends a request to my server (a php script using curl) with the twitter username/password (unencrypted) in GET variables. The server then makes a request to twitter using those credentials and outputs the buffer, which gets sent back to the client, which then processes/displays it.</p>
  
  <p>This obviously is a horrendous security hole, so does anyone know of a better (more secure) way of doing it? </p>
  
  <p><strong>FYI:</strong> I'm using jQuery.</p>