Twitter just announced that it’s launched two-factor authentication for accounts. Two-factor authentication uses your password and an additivemethod to verify your identity. Google’s two-factor authentication, launched in 2010, texts a edictto your quicknumber when a cuttingdevice or app ab initioaccesses your account. Bank of America has a similar system. Two-factor is becoming panelstakes for any online service that wants to call itself secure.
As previously reported, peephad been internally testing a two-step ascendencyto aidsquelch account hacking.
The security settings. Screenshot: Roberto Baldwin/WiredTo set the two-step governanceup, go to your account settings and select “Require a verification code when I sign in.” Confirm your e-mail and verify your environnumber, and whenever you sign into cheepon an unknown device or new app, you’ll receive an SMS with a six-digit code. Enter that code and your new device or app is ready to tell the world aboutyour latest food-eating adventures.
The security settings. Screenshot: Roberto Baldwin/Wired
Recently, the Twitter accounts of the BBC, 60 Minutes, and the Associated Press were hacked.
The stopplethat garnered the largest attention was when the Associated Press account tweeted that a bomb had gone(p)off in the White House and president Obama had been injured.notonly did it create confusion and concern, the tweet triggered a tight100-point drop of the Dow Jones. The market rebounded once the tweet was debunked.
But as Twitter becomes a source for breaking news, it’s apparent that accounts need to be secured by more than a jumble of letters and numbers. Two-factor authorization should cut down on hacked Twitter accounts, but similarall security, it’s only as good as the hatfulholding the keys.
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