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Feb 17 (Reuters) – Twitter mentioned on Friday it’ll permit solely paid subscribers to make use of textual content messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) technique to safe their accounts.<\/p>\n

After March 20, “solely Twitter Blue subscribers will have the ability to use textual content messages as their two-factor authentication technique,” the corporate tweeted.<\/p>\n

Two-factor authentication, meant to make accounts safer, requires an account holder to make use of a second authentication technique along with a password. Twitter permits 2FA by textual content message, authentication app and a safety key.<\/p>\n

The corporate believes phone-number-based 2FA is being abused by “dangerous actors,” in line with a Wednesday blog post<\/a> that the corporate’s tweet linked to.<\/p>\n

Twitter proprietor Elon Musk tweeted “Yup” in reply to a person tweet that the corporate was altering coverage “as a result of Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump 2FA SMS,” and that the corporate was shedding $60 million a yr “on rip-off SMS.”<\/p>\n

The blue verify mark, beforehand free for verified accounts of politicians, well-known personalities, journalists and different public figures, is now open to anybody ready to pay.<\/p>\n

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Final month, Twitter said<\/a> it might value Twitter Blue subscription for Android at $11 per thirty days, the identical as for iOS subscribers.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Modifying by William Mallard<\/span><\/p>\n

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