Tag: SMS

Twitter stated that it will no longer permit users to use text message-based two-factor authentication to secure their accounts if they do not have a Twitter Blue membership. It's an odd choice, and despite the rhetorical justification that it aims to increase user security, the implementation schedule and the options accessible to users point to the policy change having the exact opposite impact. Twitter Non-Blue Subscribers Out Of Luck The usage of two-factor authentication based on SMS messages should be discouraged for security concerns. It is true, as Twitter points out in...