Twitter said on Friday will allow You only pay subscribers to use Texting as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts.
After March 20, “Twitter Blue only subscribers will be able to use Texting as a two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted.
Two-factor authentication, aimed at creating accounts more Safe, requires an account.holder to use a second Authentication method in In addition to the password. Twitter allows 2FA by text message and an authentication and security app key.
The company believes phone number-based 2FA is being abused.”bad actors,” according to a blog post on Wednesday post That the company’s tweet is linked to.
“Yup,” tweeted Twitter owner Elon Musk. in reply to a user’s tweet stating that the company was changing hands policy “Because Telcos used bot accounts to inject 2FA SMS,” and that the company was losing $60 million year “on Fraudulent text messages.
Blue check mark, previously free for Verified accounts of Politicians, famous personalities, journalists and others public numbers, now open to anyone ready to pay.
Last month, Twitter said it would price Subscribe to Twitter Blue for Android at $11 a month, eg for iOS subscribers.
