Bill Murphy
Taylor LorenzHe’s treating user security like a marketing tactic https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-sms-2fa-twitter-blue/
Stefan@taylorlorenz maybe he'll charge a dollar to report a tweet.
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈@taylorlorenz he thinks he's going to turn #Twitter into some kind of banking app after this does he?
Whoever bought that line needs to have a serious conversation with themselves and their accountant.
Whoever bought that line needs to have a serious conversation with themselves and their accountant.
Kirti doubt he's got a second step in mind.
i get the impression he's just in a short sighted panic about the company losing money, and reacting by going around pointing at things yelling "make them pay for that!"
and a room for of very tired accountant's and engineers say "um, ok Elon, if you say so…" and then hope he forgets about it, because if they say "that's a terrible idea because…" they get fired.
e.g. what happened to the paid API access thing?
mjfuhlhage@taylorlorenz What are the odds he did this because that system is breaking and he has to ration access because he fired everyone who is able to fix it?
Sean
Bud Gibson@taylorlorenz Very well put
Elias Fox@taylorlorenz I'd have more respect for the move if he came right out and said “I don't want to pay for SMS 2FA.”
Matt@taylorlorenz Yup. SMS 2FA isn’t great, but pulling the rug out without paying up is pretty weak. Especially when they could have moved over to Email 2FA as a temp measure.
But I did actually log in over there today just to make sure my account was up to snuff. 🤷♂️
Bleak Future@taylorlorenz Elon Musk is saying “Nice account you have there… it’d be a shame if someone were to compromise it.”
Carlos Troncoso Ph@bleakfuture @taylorlorenz
What is that suppose to mean?
Remember, this is not twitter. Threats, even in irony form are not overlooked.
What is that suppose to mean?
Remember, this is not twitter. Threats, even in irony form are not overlooked.
@carlostph @taylorlorenz It’s a reference to extortion and protection rackets run by the mob - that’s what Elon is doing.
@bleakfuture @taylorlorenz
I know what you "might" have wanted to say. Please rephrase it so it doesn't look like a threat.
I know what you "might" have wanted to say. Please rephrase it so it doesn't look like a threat.
@bleakfuture @taylorlorenz
You can do better. Please try.
Seriously. please edit the post. Mob-like comments, even if it is irony, is not polite. Respect is something we need to not forget.
You can do better. Please try.
Seriously. please edit the post. Mob-like comments, even if it is irony, is not polite. Respect is something we need to not forget.
@carlostph @taylorlorenz I’m sorry, I’m trying to shake off the sneakiness I had on twitter and be a better community member. Thanks for checking me.
@bleakfuture @taylorlorenz
No problem, we all need a little help getting out of the battle field that twitter was/is. I know I've needed someone to check me as well. Thanks for the good reception.
By the way, I agree that the MFA now-elite option, might bring things back into the years where having an airbag in the car was subject to additional taxing because it was considered a "luxurious accessory".
Zav@taylorlorenz But isn't the new free 2FA safer anyways than SMS verification?
Wiredfire 
@taylorlorenz @thull very much so. And it’s not new, it’s been around for Twitter for years.
Renee DiResta@taylorlorenz its a weird thing to make SMS 2FA into some sort of perk. Better to explain why it costs the company money and authenticators/yubikeys are safer anyway.
Steve DeGroof 📚🛸@taylorlorenz Funny how I knew exactly who you were talking about.
Steven Savage@taylorlorenz he's achieved anti-marketing. He makes people less interested.
Beeks@taylorlorenz anyone know if Taylor's tweets are all about Twitter too or if it's just her toots? So many other important tech things going on and all we get here on Mastodon is updates on Elon. It sucks because she's awesome and I wish she'd use this site for more. :(
Sarah Gray@taylorlorenz got the notification on my account last night and was like, "nope, I'm out."
Rgen@taylorlorenz perhaps he will start per characters on the tweet. He is desperate
Ramontron@taylorlorenz but also, I don’t trust him (didn’t trust the previous people running twitter either) with my phone number.
Timothy Wolodzko@taylorlorenz Next step: to write or read alt text under images, you need to pay $8.
marca56@taylorlorenz 2FA using SMS is not really secure. There are much better ways like authenticator apps, Passkey or hardware keys, all of which are free, and supported by Twitter
Opioid Policy Institute@taylorlorenz many companies treat privacy and security like adspeak and/or push the need to subscribe to a higher tier for protection. shameful
Mason Jones@taylorlorenz We already knew that he doesn’t actually care about the users except insofar as they soothe his ego.
@taylorlorenz And to the people who say this will “force” people to use better MFA: no, 99.9% of those affected will simply not use any MFA. Everything other than SMS is too complicated for average users to deal with, unfortunately.
@taylorlorenz he doesn’t care…..
Takaya@taylorlorenz it’s not often that security takes such a clear leap BACKWARDS
Tipiak75 
🍜@taylorlorenz Doing so definitely pushes users away from twitter to mastodon. At the very least it had that effect on me !
Michael@taylorlorenz I'm convinced it's more about the size of the Twillio invoice.
@taylorlorenz
I wouldn't use SMS as second factor. Totp as an app seems to be more secure and less stone agy
I wouldn't use SMS as second factor. Totp as an app seems to be more secure and less stone agy
Paul Chernoff@taylorlorenz @steveumstead to be honest many SaaS providers have this attitude. You want 2FA for your accounting system in the cloud. $2,000 please. Amazing how basic security is treated as a luxury option.
The Tech Owl@taylorlorenz LOL. At the very least he's putting the pay wall for the weakest 2FA option. Otherwise, #twitter users would have left that platform faster xd.
standev@taylorlorenz that sounds like responsible behavior and we should definitely trust him to manage companies that make cars and rockets
Nate@taylorlorenz feels like there could be a much simpler explanation: SMS is ungodly expensive, and he’s economically fucked, needing to cut big costs any knuckle-headed way he can imagine.
Doug 🌈🇨🇦 
@taylorlorenz more like a hostage situation.
Nicolas Taffin@taylorlorenz and makes cars 😱
Danny Goossen@taylorlorenz he just wants your credit card information….
Maggie@taylorlorenz This can create entry sites for anyone who wants hack those accounts and take over the system.
Very soon after he invited his world back to Twitter, I found it a very dangerous place. Leave Twitter to the DEA agents, FBI, and police. No reason to be vulnerable in a bad neighborhood.
Mikhail Yasnevare you sure that it is not connected with SMS transer cost from mobile operators?
I have read somewhere that 2fa auth will be free
I have just read your investigation about Twitter math for visits. That is interesting, will read your next stories. Wish you success
What did you do with the real @elonmusk @twitter?
Is Elon #homeless now and #tortured?
@southafrica please do not kidnap and torture wealthy landowners #Chelsea
Sameer@taylorlorenz I think he's doing us all a favor. creators must move out of 'likes' and 'saves' mindset. Social engagement will always be human to human and without decentralizing the 'creation of content' - that's kinda difficult. That Ai is making it easier for hand-paintings to be in fashion soon. What do you think ?
@taylorlorenz vote with your feet is what I tell folks. We are moving here. Those who don’t are chopped liver. Darwinian.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴This is only a secondary issue, IMO.
As ever, X.com, the #EverythingApp, is his final goal. Or, put differently, "it is all about payments".
For this, you need #2fa
And also: when selling (giving?) data to his investors (China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar).--Crackdowns in Saudi Arabia were already in the news.
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/10/31/the-real-reason-elon-musk-bought-twitter/
Fernando Faraldo@taylorlorenz so much for you making this shitty site your primary social media after your meltdown on Elon. Yet you’re still on Twitter 🤣.