Twitter is threatening the possibility of locking the accounts of millions of users as soon as Monday. Twitter says that if you\u2019ve noticed a warning pop up on your account recently, you may not want to ignore it any longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twitter began warning users that two-factor authentication using the popular the text message\/SMS method would end March 20th. Two-factor authentication is the process that requires a user to take two steps to verify the account belongs to the person using it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first step asks for a user name and password. The most popular second step is a code texted to the phone associated with the account. It\u2019s popular because it\u2019s easy to copy and paste the code from the text message into Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beginning last month, Twitter no longer allowed new accounts to enroll in the text message\/SMS method of two-factor authentication. Users who pay the $8 monthly fee for Twitter Blue will still be able to use text messaging for two-factor authentication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For everyone else, the reason why Twitter is making changes all comes down to money. Elon Musk says phone companies scamming Twitter with two-factor authentication is costing the company $60 million a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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