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From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit codes for
 verification
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 09:22:01 -0700
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On 3/4/2025 6:38 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote: [...]
>> 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...
>
> The 2SV mechanism you're using is called 'Google prompt', i.e. you
> get a prompt on your device(s).
>
> See the '2-Step Verification' section of your Google account [1].
> There you will see 'Google prompt' as one of the options in 'Second
> steps'. It will list the number of devices which can get the prompt
> and ('>') which devices (in my case my phone and a tablet).

Ah. Thanks for that. Google works so smoothly for me I haven't been to
the settings in many moons. So I take back what I said about Google
Authenticator. I apparently haven't and don't use it. And I'm still an
old fashioned password person. But judging from the nudges I keep
getting from Google that may not last...

> [1] <https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/twosv> List of your
> 'Google prompt' devices:
> <https://myaccount.google.com/two-step-verification/prompt>
>