Twitter will limit uses of SMS 2-factor authentication. What does this mean for users?

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The login/sign up screen for a Twitter account is seen on a laptop computer on April 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Proposed security changes for Twitter users who don’t pay a monthly fee have stoked anger among many of the platform’s users. John Raoux/AP

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Only users who pay a monthly fee for Twitter’s subscription service will get to use text message authentication in order to keep their accounts secure, the social media company says.

Two-factor authentication is not required to be

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