wraggster
June 3rd, 2019, 19:52
Twitch has made two-factor authentication a requirement for all streamers to ensure they don't have their channels taken over by unrelated broadcasts.
The change was announced via Twitter (https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1133977133263384577), with Twitch also revealing a temporary freeze on new accounts' ability to stream has been lifted.
VG247 (https://www.vg247.com/2019/05/30/twitch-cracks-down-artifact-porn-streams-requires-two-factor/) reports the change is primarily motivated by an incident over the past weekend, whereby some users' accounts were taken over and used to broadcast non-games related content.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-31-twitch-adds-two-factor-authentication-to-prevent-non-games-streams
The change was announced via Twitter (https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1133977133263384577), with Twitch also revealing a temporary freeze on new accounts' ability to stream has been lifted.
VG247 (https://www.vg247.com/2019/05/30/twitch-cracks-down-artifact-porn-streams-requires-two-factor/) reports the change is primarily motivated by an incident over the past weekend, whereby some users' accounts were taken over and used to broadcast non-games related content.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-31-twitch-adds-two-factor-authentication-to-prevent-non-games-streams