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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?= <hugybear@gmx.net> Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit codes for verification Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 14:48:15 +0100 Organization: Camembert Normand au Lait Cru Lines: 19 Message-ID: <vq1niv$q2gh$1@dont-email.me> References: <803e9lxp44.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:48:15 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cfdd45b3d16cfda3926657100b243d7f"; logging-data="854545"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX183aLNuOapmQl31kYCfMyuoc6gmHaZNQbw=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/128.7.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:cki17ZBCldULlGOEASk6/Y9YLFU= Content-Language: de-CH, en-GB In-Reply-To: <803e9lxp44.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> On 02.03.25 14:28, Carlos E.R. wrote: > Hi, > > Just read yesterday that Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit > codes for verification of gmail account, but instead will use QR codes. > This is to avoid scams in which the victim is told to tell the fraudster > the number he just received on the phone. > > I have a source but it is in Spanish: > > <https://www.20minutos.es/tecnologia/ciberseguridad/novedad-google-luchar-contra-estafas-adios-autenticacion-digitos-sms-5685840/> > > Oh, English here: > <https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/02/26/google-confirms-gmail-to-ditch-sms-code-authentication/> Technology cannot solve social problems. -- "Mille viae ducunt hominem per saecula Romam." (Alanus ab Insulis 1120-1202)