Twitter is an incredibly large social networking interface which gives the user the ability to interact with millions of people with simple click of a keyboard from nearly anywhere in the world. Many high profile individuals and companies have Twitter accounts to provide daily information to their fans/followers. Recently, however, some of these high profile "Tweeters" have been hacked which is forcing Twitter to increase the security. Twitter now offers the ability (you can change it in the settings page on your Twitter account) to require a 6 digit verification pin which is sent to your phone, before you log in. This stops hackers because the hacker would not only have to brute force your password but must also brute-force your 6 digit log in pin.
In my opinion this was a smart move by Twitter. Due to the mass use by the general population, Twitter has become the go-to source for information on certain high-profile companies or individuals. While this could pose to be a inconvenience for some, the added security is more than worth it for those whose Twitter accounts can not risk being compromised. I don't personally use Twitter, and I wouldn't even use the added feature if I did, but I know some people who are very happy with the newly added security feature.
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