In the future, Twitter will only allow paying subscribers to use text messages (SMS) to secure their accounts. This was announced by Twitter in a blog entry. Unfortunately, it was found that the account security via SMS and the associated telephone numbers had been used and abused by “malicious actors”. “As a result, starting today, we will no longer allow accounts to sign up for the SMS method of 2FA (two-factor authentication) unless they are Twitter Blue subscribers.” However, users can still use an authenticator app or security key to secure the account. The change was not well received by the community. Many users suspected that it was just an attempt by Elon Musk to promote the switch to the Twitter Blue subscription.
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