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| Twitter now supports iPhone and Android security keys |
Twitter said: Accounts protected by physical security keys can now log in from iPhones or Android devices.
Twitter introduced support for physical security keys in 2018, which allows users to add physical security barriers to their accounts in place of other two-factor authentication options like text messages or codes. Born from applications.
Physical safety keys are small enough to fit into a keyring. The requirement that users enter the key when logging in makes it nearly impossible to detect certain accounts.
This means that even though hackers have a username and password, they cannot easily hack your account.
Due to technical limitations, accounts protected with physical security keys can only log in from a computer, not a mobile device.
Twitter moved to WebAuthn last year, which partially resolved this issue and paved the way for more devices and browsers to support physical switches.
As long as the physical security key is linked to their Twitter account, anyone can log in with the same key from their mobile device as long as the key is supported.
These days there are many security keys that work on different devices like YubiKeys and Google Titan, and Yubico is taking this opportunity to offer Twitter users a $ 10 discount on YubiKeys.
Twitter has long advised journalists, politicians, government officials, and other well-known accounts to use physical security keys to deter some nifty attacks.
Earlier this year, Twitter made physical security keys available to employees. To prevent another cyber attack in July, hackers hacked the company's intranet and misused management tools that the hackers used to hijack known accounts in order to spread cryptocurrency fraud. .
In the wake of the attack, Twitter appointed Rinki Sethi as the head of information security and appointed infamous hacker (Peter Zatko) Peter Zatko (known as Mudge) as the company's chief of security.