The US government has come out and said it: Microsoft and Twitter need to learn a thing or two from Apple’s security practices, which leave them in the dust.
Apple has long held a reputation for rock-solid security, and now the US government seemingly agrees after praising the company for its security procedures. At the same time, the feds have suggested Microsoft and Twitter need to pull their socks up and make their products much more secure for their users, according to CNBC.
Easterly gave the example of Apple’s iCloud security practices, which enable multi-factor authentication by default. As a result, 95% of iCloud users have MFA switched on, greatly improving security. In contrast, Easterly said that companies like Microsoft and Twitter had much lower rates of MFA adoption , and that this was “disappointing.”
That said, Twitter has just hidden SMS security authentication behind its Twitter Blue paywall, which could be seen as a backwards step when it comes to making your Twitter account more secure. You can still enable Twitter MFA using a third-party authenticator app, though, which is more secure than SMS authentication anyway.
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