Twitter’s Paywall 2FA, Mental Health Data for Sale, Meta’s Verified Program

Twitter is phasing out its free text message two-factor authentication (2FA) and putting the feature behind a paywall, prompting security experts to advise Twitter users to switch to other authentication methods.



How data brokers are selling sensitive mental health data for a few hundred dollars with little attempt to hide identifying information such as names and addresses. A new report highlights how some firms are offering the data for as low as $275 for information on 5,000 people, and Congress …

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