Instead, the company will offer a new way to confirm the personality-QR codes.
According to the Gmail representative, the abandonment of the SMS is associated with the need to reduce fraud risks, because the attackers can cut messages or direct them to their devices using circuits such as “traffic printed”.
Now, instead of entering the phone number by SMS and receiving code, users scan a QR code from the screen to confirm the input.
Google is slowly moving towards the password rejection in favor of passives, but so far technology is spreading slowly.
The new identity authentication method with QR coded should make the process more appropriate and safe.
Source: Ferra
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