Google's two-factor authentication tool for Gmail has traditionally consisted of six-digit verification codes sent via SMS messages. Google is reportedly looking to replace the SMS authentication ...

What's a verification code, and why are they so important? Six-digit verification codes are a form of two-factor authentication, a process that helps keep your important online accounts secure.

Instead of getting six-digit log-in codes via SMS, which is unsafe and prone to phishing, users will see a QR code that they can scan with their phone’s camera.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to ...

Never give a verification code to a stranger. No one should ever ask you for a six-digit verification code — not a stranger on social media, not tech support, not even your bank.

Google plans to replace SMS-based authentication codes for Gmail with QR code verification to enhance security and prevent fraud.

Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the person you're communicating with is, in fact, who they say they are, ...

Google Messages is rolling out QR code-based key verification to confirm that you’re “communicating with the person you intend to.” ...