Control Your Computer Remotely Via Twitter

Here is an interesting and clever use of Twitter: remotely controlling your computer. In a couple of articles recently posted on Lifehacker, you can use TweetMyPC and TweetMyMac (respectively) to send commands to your computer from anywhere you have Internet access.

The commands are limited (obviously) but you are able to do useful things like send a shutdown command or create your own custom commands which can do anything you like such as launch automated tasks. Of course there are dangers with using something like this as you will want to protect your account so not just anyone can send your computer commands.

Personally, I do not use Twitter so I am curious if any of our readers out there would try something like this.

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  • http://twitter.com/aaronfournier26 Aaron

    If I had a Windows based PC or a Mac, there is no way I’d ever think of using this. Too risky for my liking and rarely ever do I want or need to control my computer remotely.

  • joshp1

    This seems to be a huge secruty risk if i had windows i wouldnt use this it would be very easy to get a virus or even a worm

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