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Twitter's decision to stop texting login codes to nonsubscribers is causing confusion about what security tools free users can still enable.

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Even with text-based login codes enabled, Twitter has still had its fair share of account takeovers and breaches.— including now-owner Elon Musk's — after nabbing several employees' internal accounts.Twitter is framing the choice as a move to better secure users' accounts from malicious hackers.was also because "Twitter is getting scammed by phone companies for $60M/year of fake 2FA SMS messages.

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