Every day, new users set up accounts on Twitter, and every day, cybercriminals target innocent users and hack their accounts. To combat such threats, Twitter has a login verification system. If you enable it, you will be required to enter a code along with the password. This adds a second layer of security and minimizes the risks of your account get compromised. To set up login verification on your Twitter account, follow these steps:
- Firstly, sign in to the Twitter account.
- Now, click on the user icon next to the blue Tweet button in the top right-hand corner of the Twitter homepage.
- From the user menu, select Settings and Privacy. It will be above Help Center.
- In the Settings page, the Account settings screen will open by default.
- Go down and locate the Set up login verification option. It will be under the Security heading. Click on it.
- Now, the new screen will tell you how login verification works.
- Firstly, while signing in, you will need to enter a login code.
- Secondly, you will receive the login code through a text message.
- Thirdly, to confirm and authenticate that it is you who is signing in, you need to enter the login code.
- Click on the Start button.
- After that, you will be prompted to type in your password to authenticate that you are the genuine account user.
- After keying in the password, select the Verify option.
- If your contact number is not linked to your Twitter account, then you will be prompted to add a phone number.
- Select your country code and enter the phone number.
- You will get a text message containing the verification code. Message charges may apply.
- You may tick the box below the phone number in order to allow other people to look you up using your contact number.
- Click on the Send Code button.
- Now, you shall be prompted to enter the verification code. You must have received a text containing the verification code on your registered contact number.
- Enter the code and click on the Submit button.
- If you did not get any message, then click on the link below the Submit button. The link says: I didn’t receive the code.
- After entering the code, the login verification shall get enabled.
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