Twitter security: A How-To Upgrade Guide |
Posted: June 6, 2013 |
The move comes a month after news agency Associated Press was hacked and a tweet sent stock markets plunging, and in the same week as a small number of The Telegraph’s twitter feeds were also hacked. Users will now have the option of using a code sent via text message to a mobile phone in order to confirm their log in details, Jim O’Leary, a member of Twitter’s product security team, said in a blog post yesterday. To activate the service users need to: 1. Register their mobile phone with Twitter. To do this, log in to Twitter.com and go to the cog wheel icon in the top right hand corner of your Twitter page, click on it and then 'settings'. 2. Scroll down to Account Security, where there’s an option to ‘Require a verification code when I sign in’. If you haven’t registered a phone number, Twitter will offer you a link to do so, and the verfication code option will be greyed-out until your phone is activated. Click the link to register your phone. 3. When prompted, text ‘Go’ to 86444 if you’re in the UK. 4. Twitter will confirm that your mobile is activated. 5. Now click ‘Require a verification code when I sign in’, which should no longer be greyed out. If it is, you may need to refresh the web page page. 6. Twitter will now send you another message confirming it can send verification codes to your device. 7. When you next log in to Twitter, a text message will be sent to your device, and you’ll need to enter it to confirm your identity and complete the log-in process. Note that you can currently only register one mobile per account.
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