According to the IDG News Service - Twitter, is going to
take a move to keep its users safe from cyber attacks. Twitter introducing
two-step sign-in process.
The system of two-step process called Login Verification. In
this system Users will receive a code on their mobile phone to every time
during log in twitter.After a person
enrolls, the user will be able to enter a six-digit code which is sent via SMS
each time when the user will sign in to twitter.com.
The system is designed by the intention to provide a second
check for the confirmation of authorized users log in. The feature of two-step sign-in process, can be switch on
user's account settings page.
The deliver comes after countless hacks targeted companies.
these are the Associated Press, The New York Times etc. the Security experts examined twitter for a long time and
they confirmed that the two-factor sign-in process is need of it from give the
protection to its users from the increasing rate of cyber attacks.
Whenever as we know that Other large companies has already
done the process of two-step constitution as an option. these are some of:
Apple, Facebook and Google .
During the advertisement of Login Verification, Twitter
seems very unpleased, its because .the login attempts are not being used in
that way as should be used. it has already listened from the people that some of account
has been agreement by email phishing schemes and disobey of password data.
Even try has been done with the new and strong security feature
on twitter that user should use strong and unique password strength but it
still not in safe position.
Twitter said about
the this password strength that ," The company has passed a notice that password should be of 10
characters, along with upper- and lower-case letters and added with numbers and
symbols.
Twitter confirmed that the work on two-step verification is
going on by the experts. the system is
being prepared on the basis of SMS verification so it have some function that
may will not work with some cell phones. This is assured by cell phone
provider. we are still working on its utilization by another way for these
phone.
After this two-steps process the twitter would add some nice
feature and that would be for the help of its users. And more security
improvement will be created in the future, O'Leary said.
There is a subject to think on it that people would like
this login verification on Twitter. Because people always find the easy way.
"This is a big, and belated step by Twitter......but
this is not all," said Ken Pickering, development manager of security
intelligence at CORE Security. "The hard part is convincing people to use
it and understand its need in this account."
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