Asking users to pay a minimum of $8 per month to be able to use the weakest security measure doesn’t really make sense. Out of the available options, a physical security key is the safest option. That’s primarily because a physical security key is always in your possession, which means a bad actor can’t access it as easily as acquiring your password from a security breach incident. Plus, if you’re using one of those physical security keys with a fingerprint reader built-in, the chances of losing access to your account get even slimmer.
However, you still have to pay in order to buy a physical security key. Thankfully, Twitter lets you use a third-party authenticator app as for two-factor security verification. There are both free and paid options, for iOS and Android, with some of the most common including Google Authenticator, Authy, LastPass, and Microsoft Authenticator. As per security experts, SMS is the weakest standard for two-factor authenticator, and there has been no shortage of security incidents in the past years that illustrate the same.
Aside from phishing, an SMS-based code can also be intercepted by a bad actor to wreak havoc. Unlike encrypted media like WhatsApp for securely sending a message, SMS is as secure as the carrier network it piggybacks on. Hackers have been known to plant malware into those networks for intercepting messages, meaning while the convenience of SMS two-factor authentication is high, its security credentials aren’t quite so impressive.
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