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Twitter cancels tweets via SMS for a security reason

The feature of obtaining notifications from Twitter and posting tweets has been available in the application since its launch, but Twitter has officially announced through the platform account to stop the service of tweets via SMS messages with the classification of that feature as a security vulnerability in the service.


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For your information, the company CEO Jacques Dorsey account was hacked at the end of last year, that vulnerability was exploited, and the service to send tweets via SMS messages was stopped and allowed to receive them only temporarily after this hack, but this feature remained a concern for the company, so it was announced recently to stop receiving tweets That way for insurance.
But this feature still works in countries that suffer from bad internet connection where users can receive login notifications and application settings through SMS messages as normal as it appears in that message.






The platform has announced that it will disable and remove many user accounts that were registered using SMS messages in the past period for more security and has alerted users to the possibility of a decrease in the number of followers in the coming period due to the disruption of many fake and inactive accounts as the number of followers will become accurate from the past

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