@fannoun generally speaking, but some MDA is better than none and I fear a lot of people will just turn it off instead of installing an authentication app. Text message auth is easier for a lot of people.
@fannoun *mfa. Autocorrect… *sigh*
@katherined Yes! That is precisely what most people are going to do. I feel like the hassle of learning to use an authentication method -or installing one, outweighs the perceived value of staying on Twitter. It's a shame they made such a critical change in such a dumb way.
@katherined I also logged into Twitter yesterday (I have not been there for a few days) and also got the message. I use an authentication app, but I assume I have SMS as alternative, haven't checked yet. Have you seen why they do this? Is it expensive for them to send/manage SMS service? Or simply hoping more with become Twitter Blue subscribers? Maybe best give up to understand why. It's crazy anyway to reduce security.
@hehemrin I’m sure it’s to save on the sms expenses.
@katherined I felt the same way when I got the notification 10 minutes ago. However, I just read a message on Mastodon claiming SMS authentication is not as secure as other authentication methods such as Google and similar. Let’s see how this change ages.