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Gmail and other Google services will shift from texting six-digit codes over SMS to sending a QR code that a user can verify. "Just like we want to move past passwords with the use of things like ...

Google is making a big change in how we verify our Gmail accounts. Google currently sends a six-digit code via sms to verify but now it will use QR codes for authentication, according to a report ...

Because of this, Google developed the Authenticator app, which gives users the 2FA codes they need without receiving them via SMS, but it was criticized for not being end-to-end encrypted (E2EE).

Google wants to replace SMS authentication with QR codes to “reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse,” among other things. The search giant believes that the current authentication method that ...