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[ PRIVACY Forum ] PCWorld: Twitter's new two-factor authentication
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Wed Aug 7 11:31:28 2013
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 08:14:54 -0700
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Twitter's new two-factor authentication sounds cool, but we can't get
it to work
http://j.mp/143JFZz (PCWorld)
"On Wednesday, Twitter unveiled a new two-factor authentication method
for Android and iOS that allows you to authorize login requests to
your Twitter account with just one tap, banishing the usual method of
manually inputting security codes generated via an app or sent via
text method. Just open up the Twitter app on your smartphone or
tablet, authorize the login with one finger press, and you're done.
Sounds great, right? There's only one problem: It simply didn't work
in my tests, or my editor's-and Twitter's two-factor failure doesn't
appear to be limited to our experience, either ... You can only have
two-factor authentication set-up on one smartphone or tablet, so you
have to decide which of your devices you have around with you most
often. For most of us, this will be our smartphone."
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For the record, I have not yet tested nor fully analyzed Twitter's new
authentication system.
--Lauren--
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