Index: twitter.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/twitter/twitter.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.3.2.12
diff -u -p -r1.3.2.12 twitter.inc
--- twitter.inc	2 Jul 2009 13:26:21 -0000	1.3.2.12
+++ twitter.inc	3 Jul 2009 06:10:23 -0000
@@ -373,6 +373,15 @@ function _twitter_request_failure($resul
  * @see twitter_cache_status()
  */
 function twitter_cache_account($twitter_account = array()) {
+  // convert boolean into int since it doesn't appear to be
+  // handled correctly otherwise
+  if ($twitter_account['protected']) {
+    $twitter_account['protected'] = 1;
+  }
+  else {
+    $twitter_account['protected'] = 0;
+  }
+  
   db_query("DELETE FROM {twitter_account} WHERE twitter_uid = %n", $twitter_account['twitter_uid']);
   drupal_write_record('twitter_account', $twitter_account);
 }
Index: twitter.pages.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/twitter/twitter.pages.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.2.2.8
diff -u -p -r1.2.2.8 twitter.pages.inc
--- twitter.pages.inc	2 Jul 2009 13:23:44 -0000	1.2.2.8
+++ twitter.pages.inc	3 Jul 2009 06:10:23 -0000
@@ -257,6 +257,14 @@ function twitter_add_account_submit($for
   module_load_include('inc', 'twitter');
 
   if (!empty($form_state['values']['screen_name'])) {
+    // if the password wasn't empty either get the account info
+    // so we can figure out if the account is protected
+    if (!empty($form_state['values']['password'])) {
+      $account = twitter_fetch_account_info($form_state['values']['screen_name'], $form_state['values']['password']);
+      if ($account['protected']) {
+        $form_state['values']['protected'] = TRUE;
+      }
+    }
     twitter_user_save($form_state['values'], TRUE);
   }
 }