The Twitter app for iOS now allows quick, easy and secure sign-up or sign-in with a Apple ID. That is, through “Sign in with Apple”. This is a function that allows you to keep your email address private to use the application.
Before Twitter implemented this proposal, users could only enter their account or create a new one through Google or the classic method, providing the email address, password and other information.
From now on, when a user enters Twitter for the first time, they find the new method to move on, which in this case is “Sign in with Apple”, which uses the Apple ID registered on the phone and the security of biometric authentication.
How to sign up for Twitter with “Sign in with Apple”?
- Open the Twitter application on iOS.
- Choose “Sign in with Apple” (or “Continue with Apple”).
- Accept the terms and conditions of the service.
- Choose what information you want to share.
- Fill in the date of birth.
- Specify if you want to customize the Twitter experience.
- Configure username.
- Choose topics, interests and accounts to follow.
To log in after completing a registration, the procedure is extremely simple. You just have to choose “Sign in with Apple”, validate the identity with biometric authentication (Face ID or Touch ID) and voila. Of course, it should be noted that to use the “Sign in with Apple“You need two-factor authentication on your Apple ID.
Apple also provides support for website or application user accounts to be upgraded to “Sign in with Apple”. However, Twitter has not mentioned anything about it, although this option could come in the future for users who are already registered. The social network of microbloggingHowever, it has been anticipated that this option to log in with an Apple account coming soon to the web version.
The Cupertino company ensures that they will not track or profile users while using their applications and websites. They also indicate that they only keep only the information necessary to ensure that the associated service or application account can be logged in and managed.