How Do I Use Twitter Streaming Api To Track New Followers Of Other Accounts I Don't Have Login Information For?

I'm heavily basing my code off of this excellent tutorial at Ars Technica, so I am able to track my own new followers because my login information is hard-coded in. However, I'd li

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Taylor Singletary of Twitter responded to the same question on the Google group for Twitter Development Talk:

This is unfortunately not currently possible with the Streaming API. Given the flexibility of followers/ids and friends/ids API methods, tracking changes over time with those methods would likely be your best avenue.