Synchronicity. I just wrote this idea into some code an hour ago for a stock account package. I used the idiom from mysql. A config file in the user's home. So, something like- 

use YAML ();
my $config = YAML::LoadFile("$ENV{HOME}/.twitter.cnf");

# Where the file in question is only readable by the user-
cow@moo[1607]~>sl .twitter.cnf 
-rw-------   1 cow  staff  0 Jul  3 23:08 .twitter.cnf

# And the config file looks like (YAML) this-
---
username: MooseQueen
password: twitterLuser

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Then, presumably, all together- 

use Net::Twitter;
use YAML ();

my $config = YAML::LoadFile("$ENV{HOME}/.twitter.cnf");

my $twit = Net::Twitter->new(
                             traits => [qw/API::REST/],
                             %{$config},
                            );

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In reply to Re: best way to store login information for a perl script? by Your Mother
in thread best way to store login information for a perl script? by keiusui

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