How to keep your Twitter account secure — without quitting entirely
Security experts say, short of quitting Twitter, there are a few steps you can take that might reduce your risk. Some of these might make using Twitter more annoying — but perhaps not as annoying as having your data stolen.Unlike messaging services such as Apple’s iMessage, the DMs you send on Twitter are not end-to-end encrypted. That means that if somebody gets into Twitter’s systems, the contents of your messages could be revealed.
The contents of your messages could also be revealed if you or any of the other people you’re talking with have their accounts compromised and accessed by hackers. Even if you delete a DM conversation from your own account, it remains in the account of the other person you were talking with. Twitter is under fire again after its former security chief filed an 84-page whistleblower complaint alleging poor security. Here's how to protect your account. If you are using your Twitter password on any other websites or apps, change it now. One of the most sought-after prizes of any breach is the logins and passwords for users.
While you’re at it, make sure you also have two-factor authentication turned on for your Twitter account — but do so with an app rather than SMS text messages. If remaining truly anonymous on Twitter is important, you might not want to use your real, primary email address for your Twitter account. Instead, use a throwaway or “burner” account that automatically forwards to your primary email.
Using a throwaway email can also protect your account in other ways. If a hacker does manage to access the email associated with your account, a unique email is harder to exploit. A hacker wouldn’t be able to use it to try to break into your other accounts.It’s good security hygiene to use two-factor authentication for logins wherever it’s available. But on Twitter, you can have it work via an app rather than phone SMS text messages.
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