Twitter quietly released support for third-party two-factor authentication applications enabling the twitterati to now use these apps to protect their accounts, a media report said.<\/p>\n
A Twitter developer said that this feature had been live since \u201clate last year or early this year\u201d, tech website Android Police reported on Monday.<\/p>\n
This feature allows Twitter users to use third-party apps, such as Google Authenticator or LastPass Authenticator, to protect their accounts.<\/p>\n
To turn this feature on, users can go to the Settings menu on Twitter\u2019s website, then go to Account, and look for \u201cLogin verification\u201d under the Security menu.<\/p>\n
Twitter already has its own two-factor authentication feature, and new users will need to activate this system before being allowed to set up a third-party authenticator app.<\/p>\n
Once Twitter\u2019s system is activated, users can click the button reading \u201cSetup a code generator app\u201d to activate the third-party app of their choice.<\/p>\n
In January this year, computer scientists have found massive collections of fake accounts on the micro-blogging site and suggested that one person or a group is managing these accounts.<\/p>\n
According to a BBC report, the largest network that was found have tied together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggested that others might be even bigger.<\/p>\n
The networks were uncovered accidentally when some researchers were probing Twitter to see how people use it.<\/p>\n
Some of the accounts were used to fake follower numbers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics.<\/p>\n
As of the third quarter of 2016, the micro-blogging service averaged at 317 million monthly active users.<\/p>\n
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