Thoughts on Twitter's new Two-Factor Authentication

Re:Thoughts on Twitter's new Two-Factor Authentication by sbarre on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @03:11PM (#6174943)

My first experience with the new two-factor auth has been poor.

1. I sign into Twitter with my browser

2. My phone receives a push notification saying that I have a pending auth request.

3. So I click it and load the Twitter iOS app, and I see "You have no login requests" for that account, no matter how much I refresh it (it has been 10 minutes now).

4. Now I can't get into my Twitter account on the browser.

The urge to disable it is certainly strong..

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Re:Thoughts on Twitter's new Two-Factor Authentication by WiseWeasel on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @03:31PM (#6175056)

Did you update to version 5.9 of Twitter for iOS, released 8/6, featuring support for login verification? Maybe the notification should mention that requirement.

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Re:Thoughts on Twitter's new Two-Factor Authentication by dunham on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @07:30PM (#6176369)

Or don't send a notification to that deviceToken until the user has installed the new version of the app and sync'd at least once. (Letting the server know the deviceToken points at the newer version of the app.)

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Re:Thoughts on Twitter's new Two-Factor Authentication by sbarre on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @05:49PM (#6175886)

Yep.. As I said, I can see the "Login Requests" page for that account and it says "No Pending Login Requests".. Plus I had to use the iOS app to set up and enable two-factor auth in the first place.

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Re:Thoughts on Twitter's new Two-Factor Authentication by tomfitz on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:17PM (#6176063)

I have the same problem with the Android version. I'm just waiting it out, and hoping my session doesn't expire. :)

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