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Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.

Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related

Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.

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[–] Vipsu 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What makes this worse is that using Twitter pretty much requires one to give them your phone number. Accounts without one will often or eventually get locked for "suspicious activity" and given option to unlock the account by providing phone number.

So anyone thinking about creating throwaway account to browse twitter, don't bother.

[–] kozel 3 points 1 year ago

I had one w/o telephone number, it got locked right the day I decided to delete it...

[–] abaixodecao 3 points 1 year ago

Can't believe I wasted 40 minutes on this, I shouldn't write this, but using Tor on Brave I was able to open an account without a phone number. Now I'll have to delete it...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, I've tried to make at least 5-6 and all have been suspended without warning.

[–] Delusional 2 points 1 year ago

I've avoided that awful site since it's creation and now that it's getting significantly worse, there's even less of a reason to make an account.