Google is soon going to discontinue SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for Gmail. According to a report, the company is now going to introduce Quick Response (QR) codes instead of SMS codes.

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Almost everything online requires SMS authentication via a one-time password (OTP) these days. Luckily, Google Messages can ...

Hackers know this, which is why they target users' 2FA codes to commit fraud and steal access to Google accounts. All that said, any 2FA is better than no 2FA, so it's worth tolerating SMS-based ...

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Google hasn't reinvented the wheel with Titan, offering folks a physical alternative to traditional two-factor authentication (2FA) methods of receiving codes over text or even its own ...

Google was also one of the first to pioneer and popularize two-factor authentication (2FA). You know those text messages with one-time numerical codes that you need to enter whenever you want to ...

The search-and-ads giant introduced SMS distribution of one-time passcodes for authentication for Gmail in February 2011, and in 2018 fewer than 10 percent of users employed it. Google later required ...