Twitter to charge druggies to secure accounts via textbook communication Twitter said on Friday it’ll allow only paid subscribers to use textbook dispatches as a two- factor authentication( 2FA) system to secure their accounts.
After March 20, “ only Twitter Blue subscribers will be suitable to use textbook dispatches as their two- factor authentication system, ” the company twittered.
Two- factor authentication, meant to make accounts more secure, requires an account holder to use a alternate authentication system in addition to a word. Twitter allows 2FA by textbook communication, authentication app and a security key.
The company believes phone- number- grounded 2FA is being abused by “ bad actors, ” according to a Wednesday blog post that the company’s tweet linked to.
Twitter proprietor Elon Musk twittered “ Yup ” in reply to a stoner tweet that the company was changing policy “ because Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump 2FA SMS, ” and that the company was losing$ 60 million a time “ on fiddle SMS. ”
The blue check mark, preliminarily free for vindicated accounts of politicians, notorious personalities, intelligencers and other public numbers, is now open to anyone prepared to pay.
Last month, Twitter said it would price Twitter Blue subscription for Android at$ 11 per month, the same as for iOS subscribers.
