In windfall for hackers, Twitter will disable 2 factor authentication by sms if
you don't pay them
Twitter has three methods of 2 factor authentication -- SMS text
messages, authentication codes, and security keys. We all know that text
messages are the least secure of these -- still, they are much better
than nothing, and the exclusive choice of vast numbers of users of
virtually all services offering 2fa.
Now Twitter has announced that unless you pay them by joining Twitter
Blue for $8 month, text message 2fa will no longer be available, and
will even be switched off on existing accounts, even if no other 2fa
option is currently enabled. In other words, they're saying that they
will unilaterally disable 2fa on likely some vast number of user
accounts -- unless you pay them.
I have never heard of such an irresponsible and greedy scheme relating
to account authentication in my life, but it is very Musk. -L
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2023/an-update-on-two-factor-authentication-using-sms-on-twitter
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