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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit codes for verification
Date: 7 Mar 2025 09:44:39 GMT
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VanguardLH <V@nguard.lh> wrote:
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> According to a Gmail spokeperson, SMS is getting dropped.  Okay, so stay
> focused yourself, and get off the SMS bandwagon.  What is the
> alternative to get the QR code scanned on your registered device aka
> smartphone to send to your Google account to complete login
> verification?  You say Google Prompts won't be it, but you really don't
> know what Google will implement.  Google says SMS won't be it.  So WHAT
> else might /it/ be?

  You're still mixing everything up and are now putting words in my
mouth, so there's no point continuing, at least not for the 'QR code for
phone number verification part'.