How to Stop Your X Account From Getting Hacked Like the SEC’s (www.wired.com)

submitted 10 months ago by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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X’s move to make people pay for a basic form of two-factor is problematic. It also created confusion because the company prompted free users to switch away from SMS two-factor, but then seemingly simply turned off the protection altogether for those who didn’t. This likely left a group of users in a situation where they think they have two-factor authentication on, but actually don’t.

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[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 55 points 10 months ago

Not having one or deleting it seems like a great option at this point.

[-] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 38 points 10 months ago

Not using twitter is an easy solution.

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 35 points 10 months ago

Step 1: Delete your account.

Step 2: Celebrate!

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 22 points 10 months ago

Paying for 2FA seems to be a new low. And I'm not sure i could use any service that tried that.

[-] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

I have a great solution for this problem: Stay away from Elon's Nazi shithole, also known as X

For all other accounts, use 2FA via TOTP or U2F

[-] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Fucking delete it! Don't support nazi social media.

[-] labbbb@thelemmy.club 15 points 10 months ago

Delete your account in Xxx
Never use Shitter again
Done!

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

Delete the account. Very safe

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

I was under the impression that two factor via SMS was disabled for free users, but you could still use OTP apps.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I have no idea if sms (ew) is an option, or if it is paid limited, but yeah I've had TOTP for years on my account and it's still working fine, no financial transactions made, so...

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