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Twitter will start charging users for SMS-based 2FA option
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Twitter has announced that starting with March 20, users who don’t pay the Twitter Blue subscription will no longer be able to use the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) option. “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. Twitter CEO Elon Musk further explained the rationale behind the move by claiming that “Twitter is getting scammed by phone … More →
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