{"id":314826,"date":"2023-02-20T09:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T04:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=314826"},"modified":"2023-02-20T09:04:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T04:04:06","slug":"twitter-to-charge-users-to-secure-accounts-via-text-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/twitter-to-charge-users-to-secure-accounts-via-text-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter to charge users to secure accounts via text message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington: Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, \u201conly Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,\u201d the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to make accounts more secure, requires an account holder to use a second authentication method in addition to a password. Twitter allows 2FA by text message, authentication app and a security key. The company believes phone-number-based 2FA is being abused by \u201cbad actors,\u201d according to a Wednesday blog post that the company\u2019s tweet linked to. Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted \u201cYup\u201d in reply to a user tweet that the company was changing policy \u201cbecause Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump 2FA SMS,\u201d and that the company was losing $60 million a year \u201con scam SMS.\u201d The blue check mark, previously free for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalities, journalists and other public figures, is now open to anyone prepared to pay. Last month, Twitter said it would price Twitter Blue subscription for Android at $11 per month, the same as for iOS subscribers. 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Two-factor authentication, meant to make accounts more secure, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-314826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Twitter to charge users to secure accounts via text message<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/twitter-to-charge-users-to-secure-accounts-via-text-message\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twitter to charge users to secure accounts via text message\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington: Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. 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