Getting Flipped By The BirdThe free and easy SMS two factor authentication (2FA) to log into your Twitter account ends today. “It’s important people know how to look after their privacy, which means being savvy about how they use social media generally because privacy breaches show no sign of slowing down. But we are still seeing major institutions that are internet safety aware use SMS two-factor authentication. “Turns out you have choices – if you don’t like a social media platform’s policies you can simply leave”. Of that 74.4% of users used SMS as their 2FA, 28.9% used an authenticator report and 0.5% used a security key.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2023 03:11 UTC