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		chris24 on Feb 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter Hacked – 250,000 User Accounts Potentially... The Twitter API exposes a user's ID. Some Twitter clients (like Tweetbot) show this information. You can use http://mytwitterid.com/ to find yours.

paulgb on Feb 2, 2013 [–]

Or just view source on twitter.com (after logging in) and search for the first instance of "data-user-id"

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