Google is making a major change to its authentication process, replacing SMS verification codes with QR codes for Gmail ...

23, now includes additional commentary regarding the potential security implications of the decision to deprecate SMS from the Gmail account ... hold of someone’s phone number,” Richendrfer ...

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Google is making a significant change to its two-factor authentication (2FA) system by discontinuing SMS-based verification cards for Gmail logins. Instead ... In the next few months, Google plans to ...

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In certain cases, this could result in an SMS message sent from the user’s phone to a Google number ... device won’t change. What if the user is authenticating Gmail on a new mobile device?

Here’s everything you need to know about this major Gmail change and how QR code authentication ... cellphone provider into transferring your phone number onto their SIM card.

SMS or text message-based two factor authentication (2FA) is not considered secure, and Google wants to replace that confirmation step with QR codes when creating a new Gmail account. Google tells ...

Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer described this upcoming change. Instead of entering your number and getting a six-digit code via SMS, you'll see a QR code that you scan with your phone's camera.

Gmail is transitioning from SMS verification ... accounts thanks to the fact you're scanning the code with your phone's camera (there's no six-digit code to leak to scammers like SMS), but also ...

Specifically, instead of entering your number and receiving a six-digit code, you’ll see a QR code being displayed, which you need to scan with the camera app on your phone.” Two-step verification has ...

Google is about to overhaul the login procedure for nearly 2 billion Gmail users as ... how we verify phone numbers. Specifically, instead of entering your number and receiving a six-digit code ...