X customers have till November 10 to re-enroll their safety keys

When you’re a former Twitter consumer nonetheless utilizing and depend on a {hardware} safety key in your two-factor authentication (2FA) methodology, you might want to re-enroll it earlier than November 10. As noticed by , X’s account notified customers of the deadline in a put up final week. The Elon Musk-owned firm finally intends to retire the twitter.com area, which {hardware} keys corresponding to YubiKeys stay tied to till they’re re-enrolled.

“By November 10, we’re asking all accounts that use a safety key as their two issue authentication (2FA) methodology to re-enroll their key to proceed accessing X. You may re-enroll your current safety key, or enroll a brand new one. A reminder: if you happen to enroll a brand new safety key, every other safety keys will cease working (except additionally re-enrolled),” the account mentioned.

X later clarified that the change solely applies to YubiKeys and passkeys, and never 2FA authenticator apps corresponding to Microsoft Authenticator or Authy. Customers who fail to re-enroll their affected keys earlier than November 10 may have their accounts locked till they both full the re-enrollment course of, select a special 2FA methodology or determine to not use 2FA altogether (which X says it advises towards).

To re-enroll your {hardware} key or add a brand new one, head to Settings within the X app, then click on “Safety and account entry” and “Handle Passkeys” inside the Safety part.

Elon Musk Twitter to X in 2023, and final yr totally the social community’s core methods to X.com, leaving no hint of the blue fowl emblem that was as soon as synonymous with the platform.