Twitter will continue to charge: this is the function that will pay

Twitter confirmed that double verification to enter the account will now be part of the paid subscription, for which he gave a time limit for users who are not in Blue Twitter for them to disable it.

This decision will affect the authentication which is done by text message (SMS), because according to the social network, there are “bad actors who abuse 2FA on the basis of telephone numbers”.

Using this tool allows users to protect their account against login on unauthorized devices, so after entering the master credentials, it asks for a password sent by SMS to the previously registered mobile number.

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The other two authentication methods, app and security key, will continue to be available for free. But in the case of verification by SMS, it will be reserved for subscribers of Blue Twitter from March 20.

In addition, those who want to use this service during the time remaining in their restriction will no longer be able to do so if they do not pay for the premium version of the platform, which costs between $8 and $11 per month or $84 per year. .

The social network warned that when disabling the SMS double check process, the number associated with the account in the app will not be unlinked, as it is a separate process.

Finally, Twitter Recommended users who are unwilling to pay to use other available security methods.

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“We encourage non-Twitter Blue subscribers to consider using an authenticator app or security key method. These methods require physical possession of the authentication method and are a great way to ensure security. your account,” the company said in a statement.

However, currently 74.4% of people using two-step verification have SMS enabled, while 28.9% use in-app authenticators and a small portion, 0.5%, have passkeys. security.

This isn’t the first feature to go from free to be in the paid package of Twitter Blue, it’s already happened with blue verification, color settings, character limit, ad quantity and viewability tweets.

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Twitter further expanded the range of characters for tweets. The social network has confirmed that a maximum of 4,000 characters will now be allowed for those who pay the subscription of Twitter Blue.

This is the app’s biggest limitation since its inception. Initially users could only post 140 tweets and in 2017 it was expanded to 280 which will be the margin that people who pay for the premium service will have.

“Twitter is still Twitter. We know that longer Tweets can involve a lot of scrolling, so they will be limited to 280 characters in the timeline and a ‘Show more’ prompt will appear to click and read the full Tweet.”

This option will only be available to those who pay for the premium version of the app, although anyone can read, reply to, retweet and like them as is the case with other content.