Elon Musk speaks out after announcement Twitter users will be charged to secure accounts
Users of the app will start being charged for text message two-factor authentication beginning March 20it stems from fake two-factor authentication text messages, justifying the coming cost to Twitter users who'd like to use the feature to keep their accounts safe.
Users of the app are to start being charged for text message two-factor authentication starting March 20, Twitter announced. The company's new policy, which will only allow Twitter Blue subscribers to use the two-factor authentication method, was, noting that text-based authentication has often been “abused” by “bad actors.”
The shift comes as the social network aims to get more users to subscribe to Twitter Blue, which costs $8 a month through the web or $11 on mobile. After March 20, Twitter "will no longer permit non-Twitter Blue subscribers to use text messages as a 2FA method," the company said.The company went on to say that "disabling text message 2FA does not automatically disassociate your phone number from your Twitter account."
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