Twitter customers will quickly want to change to utilizing an authenticator app or a safety key to make use of two-factor authentication as a result of text-based two-factor authentication (2FA) is becoming a ‘Blue’ exclusive feature.
In case you’re not presently a Twitter Blue subscriber, you possibly can not activate 2FA by way of textual content, and people nonetheless utilizing the characteristic have till March twentieth to disable it and swap to a special methodology. Twitter says it made this choice after observing “phone-number based mostly 2FA be used — and abused — by unhealthy actors.”
Efficient March 20, 2023, solely Twitter Blue subscribers will have the ability to use textual content messages as their two-factor authentication methodology. Different accounts can use an authentication app or safety key for 2FA. Study extra right here:https://t.co/wnT9Vuwh5n
— Twitter Assist (@TwitterSupport) February 18, 2023
The social media platform’s actual intention is prone to supply extra unique options by way of its Blue subscription past the coveted Blue checkmark that has misplaced all which means now that any person can buy it. This transfer has possible been within the works for weeks. Earlier this week, I encountered a problem the place textual content message 2FA all of the sudden stopped working, and I used to be locked out of my Twitter account. The one approach to reaccess my account was so as to add my cellphone quantity once more by way of Twitter’s cellular app, which I, fortunately, nonetheless had logged in.
Twitter customers presently utilizing 2FA with textual content messages are already receiving notifications that they should swap their authentication methodology or shell out for a Blue subscription.
Like …. Come on. pic.twitter.com/i4aSQapHbZ
— wolfewylie (@wolfewylie) February 18, 2023
That is foolish. pic.twitter.com/Zr3CdXKAHK
— Kayleigh Donaldson (@Ceilidhann) February 18, 2023
The worst #TwoFactorAuthentication pic.twitter.com/6P97B1sYeW
— Brian Crecente (@crecenteb) February 18, 2023
Loopy that the identical individuals who who did the ‘Tide Pod Problem’ are transferring on to ‘Justifying One other Insane Elon Musk Resolution Problem’ pic.twitter.com/k1nGeAaGC0
— Steve Vegvari (@SVegvari) February 18, 2023
Lmao fuck this dumbass app
BYEEEEEEEE pic.twitter.com/REhz7n4uIs
— Spencer Hayes. ACAB (@SPNKr) February 18, 2023
Twitter Blue in Canada prices $9.99 per 30 days.
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