Twitter says it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method to secure their accounts.
Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method to secure their accounts.subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted.
Two-factor authentication , meant to make accounts more secure, requires an account holder to use a second authentication method in addition to a password.The company believes phone-number-based 2FA is being abused by “bad actors,” according to a Wednesday blog post that the company’s tweet linked to.tweeted “Yup” in reply to a user tweet that the company was changing policy “because Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump 2FA SMS,” and that the company was losing $60 million a year “on scam SMS.
The blue check mark, previously free for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalities, journalists and other public figures, is now open to anyone prepared to pay.
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