Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts.After March 20, 'only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,' the company tweeted.Two-f
Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication method to secure their accounts.
Two-factor authentication, meant to make accounts more secure, requires an account holder to use a second authentication method in addition to a password. Twitter allows 2FA by text message, authentication app and a security key. Twitter owner Elon Musk 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."
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