Twitter Changes SMS 2-Step Verification to Only Blue Subscribers

Twitter is preparing to integrate a new benefit for subscribers Blueyour monthly payment plan. Elon Muskthe company’s current CEO, revealed that the platform will integrate 2-step verification with SMS into the already wide range of benefits offered by this model, such as a “blue tick” for account verification, tweets with a higher character limit, see fewer ads, and higher the visibility of your posts.

As the technology firm pointed out in its official blogonly users who are subscribed to Twitter Blue can use the method two-step authentication (2FA) via SMS. “Starting today, we no longer allow accounts to sign up for the 2FA method via SMS unless they are a Twitter Blue subscriber.”the company emphasizes, also noting that availability may vary by country and telemarketers.

While other services or platforms usually offer this additional security filter to all their users, Twitter seeks to continue to strengthen the subscription to Blue with this new measure, despite the fact that previously 2FA was available to all people, regardless of whether they had this plan.

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Twitter explains that the reason for the change is that two-factor authentication via text messages is a fairly “popular” option, noting the following: “Unfortunately, we have seen how bad actors use and abuse 2FA by phone numbers. With this feature limited, the company will at least ensure that only those who pay the monthly figure have access to it.

If the user already has 2FA To SMS in your account and you are not following Twitter Blue (and you do not plan to do so), you will have 30 days to deactivate it or switch to one of the other two options offered by the platform: complete the login with a specific mobile application in which you will receive a code every time you try it do, or a security key.

“After March 20, 2023, we will no longer allow subscribers who are not from Twitter Blue use text messages as a method 2FA”, says the company. In case it is not deactivated within the time limit, the authentication will simply be deactivated automatically.

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While this change may be beneficial to the platform from some people’s point of view, there is one detail to keep in mind. Two-factor authentication by SMS usually pretty insecure, because if someone does SIM replacement against a user using a duplicate, you can easily access his text messages and take over his account.

To avoid this, the command Elon Musk could choose other security measures such as apps like Google Authenticator. Also, a rather dubious move is the fact of limiting the additional possibility of protecting an account by users who pay a monthly subscription.

However, change 2FA This is a pivotal moment for the company as it currently focuses on continuing its transformation Twitter Blue in an attractive subscription model with various benefits to get more followers. It is currently even considering sharing ad revenue with content subscribers and is even charging $1,000 to businesses that want to keep the gold badge that authenticates an account on this platform.

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