Twitter to limit SMS two-factor authentication to Blue users

Micro-blogging platform Twitter has introduced that it’s going to now not permit non-Twitter Blue users to use textual content messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) methodology, after March 20.

Also, users will no longer have the option to enroll within the textual content message/SMS methodology of 2FA until they’re Blue subscribers, the corporate stated in a blogpost.

After March 20, non-Blue accounts with textual content message 2FA nonetheless enabled “can have it disabled.”

Currently, the platform gives three strategies of 2FA – textual content message, authentication app and safety key.

The firm additional talked about that it “encourages” non-Blue users to “think about using an authentication app or safety key methodology as an alternative.”

“These strategies require you to have bodily possession of the authentication methodology and are a good way to guarantee your account is safe,” it added.

Meanwhile, final week, Twitterhad confirmed that it’s going to cost Rs 650 per 30 days for its Blue service with verification on the net and Rs 900 on Android and iOS cell units in India.

In December final yr, the micro-blogging platform relaunched its Blue subscription service with verification, costing $8 for Android users and $11 for iPhone homeowners per 30 days globally.

Moreover, Blue subscribers within the U.S. can create lengthy tweets of up to 4,000 characters.

Blue users may even see 50 per cent fewer advertisements of their house timeline.

(With inputs from IANS)