robinst

Twitter allows users to download parts of their data, see How to download your Twitter archive.

But what's not included in that data dump is the usernames/handles of the people that you follow or are following you. All you get is account IDs which is just an internal number and so a bit useless when it comes to archival.

Here's a way to get that data (you need to know how to run stuff in the terminal):

1. Go to your Twitter profile in a desktop browser (Firefox or Chrome)
2. Right click on page → Inspect → Network tab
3. Click on the Following link (e.g. https://twitter.com/{yourusername}/following)

wdormann

If (([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) {
    Write-Warning "This script will not function with administrative privileges. Please run as a normal user."
    Break
}

$outfile = "acltestfile"
set-variable -name paths -value (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' -Name PATH).path.Split(";")
Foreach ($path in $paths) {
    # This prints a table of ACLs
    # get-acl $path | %{ $_.Access  } | ft -Wrap -AutoSize -property IdentityReference, AccessControlType, FileSystemRights