In the event that you have two-factor confirmation set up on your Twitter account (which you totally ought to and on the off chance that you don't you should set up this moment), at that point now you don't need to need to utilize SMS to access your record.
Presently you can utilize an outsider application, for example, Google Authenticator, Duo Mobile, or Authy. That can come especially in convenient in case you're some place like another nation (or your companion's office) where you don't have a phone flag and need to get into your record.
To set things up to work with an outsider authenticator application you'll first need to change your Twitter settings from SMS, which is on naturally, to a Security application. To do that, tap on your Profile symbol on Twitter and afterward select Settings. From that point, click Account and after that Security. In that menu, you'll see that instant message is on as a matter of course. Snap Edit to turn it off and afterward empower the Security application highlight (underneath it.
To set up a different outsider application, in the best menu, click your profile symbol, at that point click Settings and protection at that point select the Account tab. Tap the "Audit your login check techniques" to begin. You'll be incited to enter your Twitter secret key. After you do, click Set up and after that take after the on-screen guidelines.
In the long run, you'll see a fly up window showing a QR code. You should check the QR code in your authenticator application to associate it to your Twitter account. Your application will then give you a 6-digit numeric security code that you'll need to go into Twitter to finish the association.
One Lifehacker author likewise detailed in the wake of impairing content two-factor he needed to re-empower it before I could empower portable application based two-factor. On the off chance that you keep running into inconvenience en route, attempt that.
The entire procedure unquestionably takes a couple of minutes, yet it's absolutely justified, despite all the trouble.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Set Up Twitter's Two-Step Authentication To Work With Third-Party Apps
December 21, 2017
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