{"id":266145,"date":"2018-06-27T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=266145"},"modified":"2018-06-27T08:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T06:03:22","slug":"twitter-adds-support-for-usb-security-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/266145-twitter-adds-support-for-usb-security-keys.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter adds support for USB security keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has added support for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/managing-your-account\/two-factor-authentication#security-key\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two-factor authentication<\/a><\/strong> using USB security keys.<\/p>\n<p>Users can now use compatible USB keys to secure their Twitter account instead of confirming their login request via email or SMS.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that users will first need to enable the text message or mobile security app verification options before they can use the USB security key feature.<\/p>\n<p>To set up your USB security key for use with Twitter, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on your profile icon and navigate to Settings and Privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the Account tab.<\/li>\n<li>Under the Security section, select the option to review your login verification methods.<\/li>\n<li>Next to the Security Key option, click Set up.<\/li>\n<li>Read the instructions and click Start to register your key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/210374-how-to-lock-your-facebook-account-with-a-physical-key.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Other platforms<\/strong><\/a> which support USB security key authentication include Facebook, Google, and Dropbox.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/266053-have-i-been-pwned-built-into-firefox-and-1password.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Have I Been Pwned built into Firefox and 1Password<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has added support for two-factor authentication using USB security keys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":210384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4032,405,51947],"class_list":["post-266145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-privacy-settings","tag-twitter","tag-usb-security-key"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266147,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266145\/revisions\/266147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}