I am trying to understand how best to secure my key data. My sketch must exist on my website as an applet that accesses twitter in real-time. My sketch involves the following method:

static String OAuthConsumerKey = "XXXXXXXX";
static String OAuthConsumerSecret = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
static String AccessToken = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
static String AccessTokenSecret = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";

I understand that if I simply keep the key data in my applet it will be a security compromise as a user could peek inside of it. How then do I best hide these keys, i.e. in a php file and then call it into the applet? How then would I read the php securely into the applet without users seeing my key?

Trying to devise a way to flash the background for 5 seconds and then display a tweet text onscreen for 5 seconds sans the flashing background. I know I am close but I am entirely stumped as to how best tweak my second if statement so that it delays the flashing and lets the text from the tweet I am grabbing via DisplayTweets(); exist uninterrupted for five seconds and then repeat the whole process again. Thanks in advance for your ideas.

int timeDelay = 5000; //milliseconds in one minute
int lastTime = 0;

void setup() {
 
  size(1024,780);
  background(152,152,152);
  connectTwitter();
  getSearchTweets();
  // DisplayTweets();
  lastTime = millis();
  rectMode(CORNER);
  // noLoop();
}
 
void draw() { 
  if(millis()-lastTime<=timeDelay){
  rectMode(CORNER);
  float m = millis();
  fill(m % 255);
  rect(0, 0, 1024, 780);
  lastTime=millis();

}

if(millis()-lastTime>=timeDelay){
   // background(152,152,152);
    DisplayTweets();
    lastTime=millis();
  }
 
}