Twitter adds a coveted emblem in the form of a blue mark that is supposed to certify the verification of the identity of the owner of said account, but it has been discovered that it would be working on a new and different distinctive mark capable of attesting that the owner of the account that the display has verified your identity through a phone number.
The same telephone number can have a maximum of ten user accounts associated with it on Twitter.
The label has been discovered by the software engineer and researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who has published it on her Twitter account and would allow us to certify that, at least, behind an account there is someone who does not completely hide their identity.
Twitter is working on showing Tweet view count
It’s unsure whether it will be visible to the author only or everyone pic.twitter.com/G6N0SIjLbX
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) August 19, 2022
It should be remembered that Twitter allows up to a total of 10 accounts linked to a single phone number. In the case of the current blue verification mark, the identification of the user can be done, in addition to a telephone number, through an email account, so linking the Twitter account with a telephone number would allow a step more in terms of support in a real identity of the user.
The support of a telephone number for account verification processes is also not new, since it is a common mechanism in other platforms like AirBnB or Tinderwhich include it as a mandatory requirement to register the user.
On the other hand, the fact that a platform has such personal and private information of the user as the telephone number adds one more element for the reinforcement of security by the company and of concern for the user himself. Without going any further, on August 5, Twitter released the details of a security incident in which data corresponding to 5.4 million user accounts would have been leaked, data that included private telephone numbers and addresses. of e-mail.
Another concern would be potential inappropriate use of that information by the platform that it has it, an aspect that led in May to Twitter paying $150 million as part of a settlement after being accused of inappropriate use of email addresses and phone numbers obtained as part of the two-factor authentication service. .
