{"id":1852564,"date":"2023-02-19T07:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T12:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1852564"},"modified":"2023-02-19T07:25:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T12:25:01","slug":"twitter-to-charge-users-to-secure-accounts-via-text-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-to-charge-users-to-secure-accounts-via-text-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter to Charge Users to Secure Accounts via Text Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-to-charge-users-to-secure-accounts-via-text-message%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1852564&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI780VE-FILEDIMAGE-1-1200x787-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-twitter\">Twitter<\/a> Friday&#8217;s announcement stated that only paid a>=&#8221;https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-subscribers&#8221;>subscribers<\/a> Text messages can be used as a two-factor authentication (2FA), method to protect their information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-accounts\">Accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After March 20, &#8220;only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,&#8221; The company stated this in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Two-factor authentication (which is intended to make accounts more secured) requires account holders to use a second authentication method, in addition to a username and password. Twitter offers 2FA via text message, app authentication, and password protection. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-security\">Security<\/a> key.<\/p>\n<p>The company believes that 2FA using phone numbers is being used in a way that is abusive &#8220;bad actors,&#8221; According to a Wednesday blog posting that the company linked to via tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, Twitter&#8217;s owner, posted on Twitter &#8220;Yup&#8221; Responding to a user&#8217;s tweet, the company said that they were changing their policy &#8220;because Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump 2FA SMS,&#8221; The company lost $60 million per year. &#8220;on scam SMS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-blue\">blue<\/a> Anyone can now pay to get check mark, which was previously available for verified accounts of celebrities, politicians, journalists and other public figures.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter last month announced that it would charge $11 per month for a Twitter Blue subscription for Android. 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