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Twitter threatens to lock some accounts as soon as Monday

https://fox4kc.com/business/twitter-threatens-to-lock-some-accounts-as-soon-as-monday/

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Twitter is threatening the possibility of locking the accounts of millions of users as soon as Monday.
If you’ve noticed a warning pop up on your account recently, you may not want to ignore it any longer.

What is changing?
Twitter began warning users that two-factor authentication using the popular the text message/SMS method would end March 20.
Two-factor authentication is the process that requires a user to take two steps to verify the account belongs to the person using it.
The first step asks for a user name and password. The most popular second step is a code texted to the phone associated with the account. It’s popular because it’s easy to copy and paste the code from the text message into Twitter.
Beginning last month Twitter no longer allowed new accounts to enroll in the text message/SMS method of two-factor authentication.

Why is it changing?
Users who pay the $8 monthly fee for Twitter Blue will still be able to use text messaging for two-factor authentication.For everyone else, the reason why Twitter is making changes all comes down to money.
Elon Musk says phone companies scamming Twitter with two-factor authentication is costing the company $60 million a year.

What are my options?
The good news is that you do not have to pay $8 a month for Twitter Blue to use two-factor authentication.
You will need to download an authenticator app and link your Twitter account to it.
You have a lot of different options that are free to download, including 2FAS, Google Authenticator, Twilio Authy, and Microsoft Authenticator.
Another option is to use a security key.

What happens if I don’t do anything?
The warning from Twitter says users utilizing two-factor authentication and don’t disable it before March 20 may not have access to their accounts.

Twitter’s blog doesn’t mention locking accounts, but does say accounts with text message two-factor authentication still enabled on March 20 will have it disabled. Disabling text message two-factor authentication does not automatically disassociate your phone number from your Twitter account.

So, maybe nothing, or users may have to deal with Twitter to try to get accounts unlocked.
 
LMAO @ Musk and SpaceX... (I actually watch this launch live yesterday.)


"Minutes after ignition, SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded mid-flight. The company calls it a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.”"

https://weather.com/science/space/video/why-did-spacexs-starship-rocket-explode



Wow, talk about putting a positive spin on something...I learned a long time ago that if someone tries really hard, they can find a way to justify just about anything.
 
yankeesince59 said:
LMAO @ Musk and SpaceX... (I actually watch this launch live yesterday.)


"Minutes after ignition, SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded mid-flight. The company calls it a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.”"

https://weather.com/science/space/video/why-did-spacexs-starship-rocket-explode



Wow, talk about putting a positive spin on something...I learned a long time ago that if someone tries really hard, they can find a way to justify just about anything.
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The goal was to clear the tower. Everything after that was gravy.

They learned a ton from this launch.
 
Phatguysrule said:
The goal was to clear the tower. Everything after that was gravy.

They learned a ton from this launch.
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The actual goal was to orbit the earth nearly once and to splash down and be recovered just off Hawaii. Several of the engines either never fired or quit working shortly after launch. So in that sense, it was by no means an optimum outcome.

If you want to view it as a success just because it "cleared the tower" that's up to you. But needless to say, SpaceX has a LOT of work to do.


I'm not a fan of Musk and could care less about SpaceX. I simply pointed out the hilarity of SpaceX's spin on on yesterday's malfunction/explosion as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly".
 
yankeesince59 said:
The actual goal was to orbit the earth nearly once and to splash down and be recovered just off Hawaii. Several of the engines either never fired or quit working shortly after launch. So in that sense, it was by no means an optimum outcome.

If you want to view it as a success just because it "cleared the tower" that's up to you. But needless to say, SpaceX has a LOT of work to do.


I'm not a fan of Musk and could care less about SpaceX. I simply pointed out the hilarity of SpaceX's spin on on yesterday's malfunction/explosion as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly".
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I don't particularly like musk either, but yeah... It's a good idea to have a plan if your ship can do it. But seriously. This is the first launch ever with that many engines. The odds of going orbital were incredibly low. Almost 0. And SpaceX knew that.
 
Phatguysrule said:
I don't particularly like musk either, but yeah... It's a good idea to have a plan if your ship can do it. But seriously. This is the first launch ever with that many engines. The odds of going orbital were incredibly low. Almost 0. And SpaceX knew that.
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Sure, that's what they say now, what else would they say? Not like they admitted before the launch "This thing will probably explode 4 minutes after the launch, we just hope it clears the tower"...lol

But you gotta admit, the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" was laughable.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Sure, that's what they say now, what else would they say? Not like they admitted before the launch "This thing will probably explode 4 minutes after the launch, we just hope it clears the tower"...lol

But you gotta admit, the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" was laughable.
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Prior to the launch

"I guess I'd like to just set expectations low," SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said during a Twitter "Spaces" event for his subscribers Sunday evening. "If we get far enough away from launch pad before something goes wrong, then I think I would consider that to be a success. Just don't blow up the pad."
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/16/world/starship-spacex-launch-test-orbit-scn/index.html
 
yankeesince59 said:
Geeez...once again...I'm not debating whether the glass is half empty or half full...instead, I only posted about the silly spin SpaceX put on it. ("rapid unscheduled disassembly") And Musk was not the one who posted that lame spin.

My initial post stands...nothing more, nothing less.
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I don't think it's spin. They expect these things to explode untill they get it right. And they don't expect to get it right yet.

The explosions are fun. Of course it would be awesome to have it all work on the first try, but that's not a real possibility when you're advancing this fast.

The ("rapid unscheduled disassembly") is a nod to the fun part of these mostly expected explosions. They expect explosions, but they don't really know at what point they will happen. Thereby, unscheduled.

Again, I don't think it's spin. That was the longest flight we've ever seen from that large of a rocket, or a rocket with that many engines. It's an incredible achievement, and there is no doubt they learned a lot from it.

This is why they make so much more progress faster than other rocket companies.
 
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It seems to me that this is a failure of the FAA.

Elon Musk is no engineer. Therefore Elon Musk should have never been allowed say over any design changes to this, or any, launchpad. Nor any say over the engineers building it. And, if by chance the FAA knew Elon had say over these engineers, the FAA should have known about any design plans that Elon changed.

In my opinion: Allowing anyone who's motive is profit driven first, rather than safety first, to have any oversight on the team building this launchpad... is a failure of our government.
 
Wait. Why is this a big deal? It's just going to cost money. It's not like anybody got hurt or was in any real danger, right?

Or am I misunderstanding the situation?
 
My twitter feed has become nothing but right-wing diatribes and ads for shit I would never buy. It's almost completely worthless.

What are you guys seeing on your feed?
 
Stevenson said:
My twitter feed has become nothing but right-wing diatribes and ads for shit I would never buy. It's almost completely worthless.

What are you guys seeing on your feed?
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I see nothing in my feed. I deleted that shit the day Musk bought it. It was painfully obvious where he was going with it.
 
theprunetang said:
I see nothing in my feed. I deleted that shit the day Musk bought it. It was painfully obvious where he was going with it.
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Yeah I've been doing the same. Every time something like that come on my feed i just delete it.
 
Stevenson said:
My twitter feed has become nothing but right-wing diatribes and ads for shit I would never buy. It's almost completely worthless.

What are you guys seeing on your feed?
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It actually got better for me when I stopped following Musk. Now I get notifications like this once a week.

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Elon at the Space X launch like
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Stevenson said:
My twitter feed has become nothing but right-wing diatribes and ads for shit I would never buy. It's almost completely worthless.

What are you guys seeing on your feed?
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I just blocked all the right wing stuff and it's pretty much gone away. I probably have hundreds blocked by now.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Wait. Why is this a big deal? It's just going to cost money. It's not like anybody got hurt or was in any real danger, right?

Or am I misunderstanding the situation?
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It's being estimated that the spaceX launch, lacking the regulation and oversight of NASA launches, might have wiped out as much as 4% of the population of the federally protected Piping Plovers who's nesting site was within the effected area of the launch blast.

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Everything Beagle said:
It's being estimated that the spaceX launch, lacking the regulation and oversight of NASA launches, might have wiped out as much as 4% of the population of the federally protected Piping Plovers who's nesting site was within the effected area of the launch blast.

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As a former Plover biologist.......this pisses me off.
 
Everything Beagle said:
It's being estimated that the spaceX launch, lacking the regulation and oversight of NASA launches, might have wiped out as much as 4% of the population of the federally protected Piping Plovers who's nesting site was within the effected area of the launch blast.

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How did he get approval to launch there? You would think they'd have at least checked the blast deflector setup before giving the okay...
 
Phatguysrule said:
How did he get approval to launch there? You would think they'd have at least checked the blast deflector setup before giving the okay...
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who was president between 2017 and 2021, when they started building there? Who was governor of the state they were in? Special dispensation and exception is given to people with extreme power. I’m sure he uses it wisely.
 
Everything Beagle said:
who was president between 2017 and 2021, when they started building there? Who was governor of the state they were in? Special dispensation and exception is given to people with extreme power. I’m sure he uses it wisely.
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But they don't have to approve the launch just because he built a pad.

He has said if there are too many obstacles he'll move someplace else. Maybe that would be the best option?
 
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