Twitter disables option to receive SMS notifications via

Twitter is removing the ability to receive notifications of new tweets via SMS. The company has also deleted millions of accounts that were once created via SMS. It seems that the last possibility to use the medium via SMS has finally stopped.

Twitter announces the changes itself in a tweet where it responds to an earlier decision from last year. Then the company decided to turn off the ability to post tweets via SMS. That happened when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was taken over via text message. Twitter once started as a service where users could send a message via SMS, but in recent years Twitter has found that medium less and less secure. Now, the option to receive an SMS notification has also been removed when certain Twitter users post a tweet or when users receive a mention or retweet.

Twitter emphasizes that the option to set up two-step verification via SMS will still exist and will continue to work. In addition, according to Mashable, Twitter has deleted millions of inactive accounts once created via SMS. According to Twitter, those accounts are at great risk of being taken over. According to Twitter, the accounts are so old that they could no longer be reached by email for a warning.