Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?= Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit codes for verification Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:26:13 +0100 Organization: Camembert Normand aus Lait Cru Message-ID: References: <803e9lxp44.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1begjrynfhjra$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 10:26:13 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1050236"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/128.6.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:aJV/r0JJpDSId+1dIiz32k4w1Z8= X-User-ID: eJwNx8ERAEEEBMCUTo3BhrNY+YdwHv1owsTK1WjK4dx1RHthQjuqD1CToMdTi9fikG+f9Js/HwIREQ== In-Reply-To: Content-Language: de-CH On 03.03.25 11:18, VanguardLH wrote: > VanguardLH wrote: >> Doesn't make sense. Say I'm using a desktop PC. Nope, it doesn't have >> a cellular or landline phone line to it (it cannot do telephony) which >> is typical of desktop PCs. I want to login to my Gmail account. How >> are they going to send an SMS text to my desktop PC? Not everyone >> logging into Gmail is using a smartphone to do so. >> >> However, my IMAP e-mail client using OAUTH2 to login never sends me >> anything to further authenticate the login. >> >> To where is Google going to send their QR code when I use a web browser >> to connect and log into https://www.gmail.com? >> >> The articles are about discussions about possible future changes, but >> the article or discussions have been very incomplete, like a proposal >> without a scheme. The articles are as worthless as telling you a >> grocery store will have a weekly sale sometime months in the future, but >> not when, or what will be on sale for what price. > > Oops, forgot I was in the Android newsgroup which eliminates desktops. Are you serious with all that? -- "Roma locuta, causa finita." (Augustinus)