Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AJL 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 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <803e9lxp44.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:22:04 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e37ce9b1ed6149f6a716cf15267c31a9"; logging-data="2053855"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19DIjG3FDY/+MNKQ/bGNd8H" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:zflOttuCliXXZ1YuYwAO/Wa0s2E= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2872 On 3/4/2025 6:38 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > AJL 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] List of your > 'Google prompt' devices: > >