Twitter's new dashboard simplifies your account security

Twitter's new dashboard simplifies your account security

Twitter unveiled a new data dashboard for users on Wednesday. Its aim: to make managing privacy and security settings across all your devices much easier.

The controls, which are accessible at Twitter.com under the main Settings menu, will allow you to manage account access, edit the list of blocked users and see what data is being shared with third-party apps. That way if you notice that your account is being accessed by a device in a city you've never been to, you can quickly change the password. Or, better yet, you can enable two-factor authentication from the same screen.

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Twitter adds two-factor login verification via SMS (video)

Twitter just boosted its security with a new two-factor login method. The new option, which was announced in the form of a YouTube video, oddly enough, allows users to require a verification code each time they log in. Once this is enabled, Twitter will send a code to your phone each time you log in from the website or third-party apps. 

You'll need to type in that temporary code to access your account. It's a process many of us are already familiar with -- online banking, corporate intranet sites and services like Evernote offer similar two-factor authentication options to their users. It's not clear when the new feature will roll out (it hasn't hit our account just yet), but once it's available, setup appears to be straightforward. You can see how it works in the video just past the break

Source : Twitter