Category: phone number

Now Twitter users can enable two-factor without linking a phone number

Post author By Randall
Post date November 21, 2019
Categories In 2fa, ad targeting, Entertainment, phone number, Privacy, Security, services, sms, Tech, Twitter, two-factor authentication

[ad_1] Twitter has finally made a change users have been waiting a long time to see. No, it’s not editable tweets, but as of today everyone can enable two-factor authentication on their account without linking a phone number. While SMS-based two-factor can be a fallback for people who lose access to code-generating devices or don’t […]

Twitter admits your phone number may have been used for targeting ads

Post author By Randall
Post date October 8, 2019
Categories In ads, Advertising, gear, Internet, phone number, Privacy, social network, social networking, Tech, Twitter, two-factor authentication

[ad_1] The company maintained that it never shared “personal data” with partners or other outsiders, and that it had resolved the problem as of September 17th. It’s also “taking steps” to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Twitter didn’t know how many people might have been affected, though, and was reporting this primarily to be “transparent” […]