Twitter to charge users to secure accounts via text message

Twitter to charge users to secure accounts via text message

Twitter stated on Friday it can permit solely paid subscribers to make use of textual content messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) methodology to safe their accounts.

After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the corporate tweeted.

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

The firm believes phone-number-based 2FA is being abused by “bad actors,” in line with a Wednesday weblog put up that the corporate’s tweet linked to.

Twitter proprietor Elon Musk tweeted “Yup” in reply to a person tweet that the corporate was altering coverage “because Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump 2FA SMS,” and that the corporate was shedding $60 million a yr “on scam SMS.”

The blue test mark, beforehand free for verified accounts of politicians, well-known personalities, journalists and different public figures, is now open to anybody ready to pay.

Last month, Twitter stated it might value Twitter Blue subscription for Android at $11 monthly, the identical as for iOS subscribers.

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