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Twitter To No Longer Offer Text-Based Two-Factor Authentication For Non-Paying Users; Elon Musk Faces Backlash

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    Twitter To No Longer Offer Text-Based Two-Factor Authentication For Non-Paying Users; Elon Musk Faces Backlash


    Edited By: Shaurya Sharma

    Last Updated: February 18, 2023, 11:14 IST

    This choice hasn’t sat effectively with lots of people, with many criticizing Elon Musk for a similar.

    Elon Musk’s Twitter account is reportedly altering its coverage and is now not providing textual content message/SMS methodology of the service to non-paying customers.

    Nowadays, two-factor authentication (2FA) is a vital safety measure for many web sites. Social media giants similar to Twitter and Instagram have carried out this function for some time now. However, Elon Musk’s Twitter account is reportedly altering its coverage and is now not providing textual content message/SMS methodology of the service to non-paying customers.

    In an official weblog put up, Twitter introduced that it’ll now not enable Twitter accounts to enroll within the textual content message/SMS methodology of 2FA until they’re Twitter Blue subscribers. The motive behind this choice, in accordance with Twitter, is the exploitation of this function by dangerous actors. 

    Twitter says that non-Twitter Blue subscribers which are already enrolled and have availed text-based 2FA “will have 30 days to disable this method and enroll in another.” And, “after 20 March 2023, we will no longer permit non-Twitter Blue subscribers to use text messages as a 2FA method.”

    Until now, Twitter has supplied three strategies of two-factor authentication—text-based login, Security key and authentication app to all Twitter customers however beginning now, Twitter will solely supply 2FA utilizing authentication app or safety key methodology.

    “We encourage non-Twitter Blue subscribers to consider using an authentication app or security key method instead. These methods require you to have physical possession of the authentication method and are a great way to ensure your account is secure,” Twitter mentioned.

    This choice hasn’t sat effectively with lots of people, with many criticizing Elon Musk for a similar.

    Wow, @elonmusk is so arduous up for money he’s actually threatening the safety of peoples accounts until they pay him. That is de facto tousled and a brand new low even for him which I by no means thought I might say since he already is scraping the bottom.Wow, simply wow! ‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/HEb8Se1B5M

    — Barnacules Nerdgasm ™️ (@Barnacules) February 18, 2023

    “It would be the first website that I do know of that’s going to cost for 2FA,” a user said. Another user said, “Holy crap, Twitter really did this. I’ve worked with high-profile journalists who had their accounts hacked, but sure — let’s make people pay for 2FA.”

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