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February 18, 2023
Twitter Limits SMS Two-Factor to Twitter Blue Subscribers
Twitter will “no longer allow accounts to enrol in the text message/SMS method of 2FA unless they are Twitter Blue subscribers.” According to Twitter, the SMS 2FA method has been “used and abused by bad actors”, meaning that this popular authentication method will no longer be available to standard users after 20 March 2023.
This appears to be another attempt for Twitter to eliminate bots from the system (whilst also encouraging users to subscribe to Twitter Blue), and although two-factor will no longer be available via SMS, we think authentication apps like Google Authenticator are an equally reliable and effective authentication method.
