Twitter announced two new measures to better protect its users from having their accounts pirated. The two new security features are: a simplified password reset procedure and enhanced identity verification during suspicious login attempts.
With the simplified password reset, Twitter users can now reset their passwords at any time by requesting a special confirmation code, which they can choose to receive either by email or text message. Having a choice between the two methods should come in handy for people who no longer use the email address they signed up with.
The identity verification introduced personalized questions that only the account holder can answer as a means of verifying identity during suspicious login attempts, such as logins from a new unrecognized device or IP address, for example.
Updates to the email or phone number linked to an account can be made in Twitter's settings.
