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best and scariest quote of the post Twitter has a PIN code feature that requires every message to be prepended with a four-digit alphanumeric code. This feat

by snoble 14y ago

best and scariest quote of the post Twitter has a PIN code feature that requires every message to be prepended with a four-digit alphanumeric code. This feature mitigates the issue, but is not available to users inside the United States. So they fixed the problem... but are withholding the fix from tons of users?

patmcguire 14y ago
Or it's specific the phone technology? Maybe the European protocols have authentication built-in.
- Titanous 14y ago
  No, there's no phone tech going on here: https://support.twitter.com/groups/34-apps-sms-and-mobile/topics/153-twitter-via-sms/articles/20169928-how-to-use-pins-with-sms https://support.twitter.com/groups/34-apps-sms-and-mobile/to...