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From: Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit codes for
 verification
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 07:11:24 +0000 (GMT)
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AJL <noemail@none.com> Wrote in message:

> On 3/3/2025 6:41 PM, Bill Powell wrote:
>> On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 16:41:11 -0000 (UTC), AJL wrote:
>>
>>> I've been using the Google Authenticator app for quite awhile now
>>> to verify new devices. Very easy to use. Just push the yes it's me
>>>  button. Surprisingly it even works on my Amazon Fire converted to
>>>  Google account tablets. Hope it stays...
>>
>> How does the Google Authenticator compare to the Microsoft
>> Authenticator?
> 
> Dunno. All I've ever had was the Google Authenticator on my Android
> devices. And I'm not sure I even use that.
> 
> When I fire up a NEW Android device and sign into my Google accounts for
> the first time, after I put in my user name and password it sends a
> white screen to my other Android devices on which I pick one and push a
> "Yes it's me" button for verification and the new device is then signed on.
> 
> I always thought that Google Authenticator was responsible but after my
> last post I looked at it and don't see any indication that it is or is
> not responsible for this verification. Perhaps one of the more technical
> folks here can explain how this (non-SMS) verification process works...
> 

Google Authenicator, and the ones I use - andOTP (Android only)
 and FreeOTP - use TOTP:
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_one-time_password>

I don't know anything about Microsoft Authenticator.
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