"Maximizing Twitter Security: Tips and Tools for Protecting Your Account"
Twitter has ended free two-factor authentication via text message, but users can still use an even better form of two-factor authentication: the kind that comes from an authenticator app on their phone. Cybersecurity experts argue that an authenticator app is superior to text message authentication because some dedicated hackers can intercept a victim’s incoming text messages through a practice called SIM swapping. Twitter’s decision to end free text message-based 2FA was an unprecedented step for a major tech company.