Starting today, these Twitter accounts will become less secure, here’s why – Times of India
Twitter recently announced that it will soon stop supporting SMS based two-factor authentication for users who have not subscribed to Twitter Blue. Starting today (March 20), the Twitter users will have to disable text-based login authentication codes on their accounts.
This means that now the Twitter users will not be able to add an extra layer of protection to their Twitter account as they will not receive SMS codes. However, if users want to use the two-factor authentication method then they will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue.
“After 20 March 2023, we will no longer permit non-Twitter Blue subscribers to use text messages as a 2FA method. At that time, accounts with text message 2FA still enabled will have it disabled. Disabling text message 2FA does not automatically disassociate your phone number from your Twitter account”, said the company.
“While historically a popular form of 2FA, unfortunately we have seen phone-number based 2FA be used – and abused – by bad actors. So starting today, we will no longer allow accounts to enroll in the text message/SMS method of 2FA unless they are Twitter Blue subscribers,” added Twitter.
Twitter Blue price and benefits
So, if you want to use two-factor authentication in your Twitter account, then you will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue. In India users will have to pay Rs 900 to subscribe to Twitter Blue.
Twitter’s subscription entitles users with the blue ‘verified’ checkmark. However, the user needs to verify their phone number, and only after due diligence the blue check will be approved.
If you have paid for the Blue subscription and verified, your tweets and replies will be shown at the top, as Twitter will prioritise tweets and replies from verified users.
Further, Blue subscribers will see fewer ads, to be exact 50 per cent fewer advertisements on their Twitter feed. Also, subscribers will be allowed to longer videos of up to 1 hour.
Users will also get to undo and edit tweets for up to 5 times within 30 minutes.
This means that now the Twitter users will not be able to add an extra layer of protection to their Twitter account as they will not receive SMS codes. However, if users want to use the two-factor authentication method then they will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue.
“After 20 March 2023, we will no longer permit non-Twitter Blue subscribers to use text messages as a 2FA method. At that time, accounts with text message 2FA still enabled will have it disabled. Disabling text message 2FA does not automatically disassociate your phone number from your Twitter account”, said the company.
“While historically a popular form of 2FA, unfortunately we have seen phone-number based 2FA be used – and abused – by bad actors. So starting today, we will no longer allow accounts to enroll in the text message/SMS method of 2FA unless they are Twitter Blue subscribers,” added Twitter.
Twitter Blue price and benefits
So, if you want to use two-factor authentication in your Twitter account, then you will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue. In India users will have to pay Rs 900 to subscribe to Twitter Blue.
Twitter’s subscription entitles users with the blue ‘verified’ checkmark. However, the user needs to verify their phone number, and only after due diligence the blue check will be approved.
If you have paid for the Blue subscription and verified, your tweets and replies will be shown at the top, as Twitter will prioritise tweets and replies from verified users.
Further, Blue subscribers will see fewer ads, to be exact 50 per cent fewer advertisements on their Twitter feed. Also, subscribers will be allowed to longer videos of up to 1 hour.
Users will also get to undo and edit tweets for up to 5 times within 30 minutes.
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