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If you have Twitter's SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) method turned on, but you haven't paid for Twitter Blue, you've probably been getting nagging messages from Twitter about it going away.

Twitter announced yesterday that as of March 20, it will only allow its users to secure their accounts with SMS-based two-factor authentication if they pay for a ...

Our smartphones hold almost every important detail of our lives. They store our memories, essential documents, private chats, and, of course, financial apps. While Google has made progress in ...