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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Twitter launches (limited) 2-factor authentication
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Wed May 22 18:45:47 2013
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Twitter launches (limited) 2-factor authentication
http://j.mp/10nsH8b (TechCrunch)
"However the brands and news outlets whose accounts are the most
valuable to hackers may not benefit from the feature. They can only
set one phone number as the recipient of the two-factor authentication
codes, but may have several staff members who need to access the
account. If they enabled it, whoever carried the phone registered with
Twitter would have to relay the code to all the other staffers to get
it to whoever needed it. That hassle might prevent shared accounts
from turning on login verifications, and so the hackings may continue."
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Limited and a bit unwieldy, but definitely better than nuttin', and a
good first step.
--Lauren--
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