Twitter now allows to set a security key as your only two-factor authentication method

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In March, Twitter said it would before long allow you to utilize a security key as your lone two-factor authentication method, and on Wednesday, it declared that feature was live on both mobile and web.

Having the option to utilize a security key as one of your two-factor confirmation techniques isn’t new, however presently you can make it the one to focus on, on the off chance that you need to. Physical security keys enjoy upper hands over other two-factor techniques like an authenticator application or SMS since they don’t depend on a code that a bad actor could block.

Lately, Twitter has added various features to reinforce login security. The organization extended past SMS in 2017 by adding support for verification applications like Google Authenticator and Authy. In 2019, Twitter let you enable two-factor authentication without giving your telephone number, a positive change given that SMS can be helpless against SIM-trading assaults (like the one that prompted CEO Jack Dorsey failing to keep a control of his account for about 90 minutes).

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