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cocorobot t1_jdftmgg wrote

Received an email that my 2FA was turned off. I thought someone hacked my account and when I went to change password and turn it back on was told 2FA was now a subscription service.

HAHAHAHAHA … go fuck yourself Elon. Enjoy the class-action lawsuit when someone’s account is hacked because you turned off 2FA.

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Thoughtsofglought t1_jdfw4ce wrote

SMS 2FA is sub only. You can still use a Auth app and/or Security key 2FA.

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frygod t1_jdhfq1v wrote

On one hand, SMS is not free. On the other hand, maintaining a short code is like $3000 quarterly last time I had it quoted, and you're looking at $0.003 for outbound text messages and $0.0009 for inbound. You'd also have to maintain a block list to remain compliant with FCC regulations, though doing the service as opt-in only may get you around that a bit.

Now let's do some napkin math. If the 450,000,000 active users perform a login once a month that triggers second factor, you'd take that $0.003 and multiply it by the total active users. That gives us $1,350,000 in outbound SMS fees. That is... actually quite a bit more money than I expected.

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S4T4NICP4NIC t1_jdg9lsk wrote

I can't even get into my account because I never get the fucking verification email.

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it_administrator01 t1_jdh1038 wrote

> Enjoy the class-action lawsuit when someone’s account is hacked because you turned off 2FA.

I'll take "things that will never, ever happen for $50, Alex"

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Thannoy t1_jdg14y4 wrote

The SMS 2FA was an absolute scam. Use an authenticator app instead.

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kobbled t1_jdh26d5 wrote

That change is 100% to reduce their twilio bill. If he's resorting to that, Twitter is even more fucked financially than we thought

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whatproblems t1_jdgj829 wrote

lol removing security… wonder where else security isn’t being maintained. how long till twitter itself is hacked

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