NO MORE SMS - The ability to use text messages to verify your Twitter log-in will soon be locked behind a paywall, Twitter announced to users Friday evening.
In a tweet from the Twitter Support account, the social media company announced that the feature would be limited to users subscribed to Twitter Blue effective March 20, 2023.
— Twitter Support February 18, 2023 "While historically a popular form of 2FA, unfortunately we have seen phone-number based 2FA be used - and abused - by bad actors," the company said in a blog post published Wednesday that the tweet links to. "Non-Twitter Blue subscribers that are already enrolled will have 30 days to disable this method and enroll in another."
Many were quick to point out how text message authentication, while considered the least secure method of verification, is the most accessible due to the ubiquity of smartphone access.
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