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Jaclyn Diaz

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

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)

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 a user on Twitter, but it is a proven and easy way to help keep accounts secure. It makes it so if someone wants to hack into an account they'd have to have the password and access to the account owner's device.

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