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Twitter Enables Use of Security Keys as Sole Two-Factor Authentication Method

“Security keys offer the strongest protection for your Twitter account because they have built-in protections to ensure that even if a key is used on a phishing site, the information shared can’t be used to access your account,” Twitter explains.

Security keys rely on FIDO and WebAuthn security standards to ensure protection against account compromise attempts, Twitter says. Such keys can even differentiate between legitimate and malicious sites, thus blocking phishing attempts that other forms of 2FA can’t prevent.

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