Twitter wants our tweets to be more secure by using multiple security keys.
American blogging and social networking service ‘Twitter’ announced that it is planning to enable two-factor authentication to secure users’ accounts by only using security keys to log in. It incorporates aspects of social networking Web sites, such as Myspace and Facebook, with instant messaging technologies to create networks of users who can communicate throughout the day with brief messages, or “tweets.” Presently, a user can only log in to Twitter using their security key but will need to have a two-factor authentication as a backup. Twitter has only announced that it is planning to implement this security measure but hasn’t shared any information on when it will actually implement this for users.
Twitter’s Forethoughts
Lately, the microblogging service publicized its future plan of action to help better secure its user’s accounts through a tweet. Twitter’s plan to use physical keys that are connected to a PC using USB or Bluetooth will reduce users typing in their passwords that can be detected by malicious software. The trump card of using physical security keys is that it will allow users to withhold from sharing more personal information with the application that is required for logging in. The user connects the security key to their PC when the browser issues a challenge for logging in; the security validates the account and helps in logging in. “Secure your account (and that alt) with multiple security keys.
Now you can enroll and login with more than one physical key on both mobile and web, And coming soon: the option to add and use security keys as your only authentication method, without any other methods turned on,” was said by the company in the recent tweet. It also announced that it will also allow a single user to use multiple security keys. Until now, users were restricted from using a single security key. Earlier, Twitter announced the support for security keys for two-factor authentication enabled accounts for its mobile app users. Well, there is no exact timeline given by Twitter about the implementation of these security features.
