We’re all familiar with the SMS text message based security codes used as a security feature by huge numbers of websites from social networks to email to online payments. This is the feature ...

While SMS-based 2FA codes are convenient, they aren't very secure. If you want to better protect your bank accounts, financial services, and sensitive apps, it’s a good idea to switch to one of ...

One-time SMS codes are widely used as the second checkpoint in two-factor authentication (2FA) to sign into everything from banking apps to email accounts. As I've written before, though, SMS is ...

Technology allows mobile phone users to dial a short code (preceded by **) and then receive information via SMS or e-mail.

Screenshots of the prototype system indicate that SMS verification codes will remain an option for users who want or need them. The company didn't say when it plans to release the new non-SMS 2FA ...

QR code verification is more secure than SMS authentication as there is no message containing an access code. No code means no danger of phishing scams or hackers.

Apple streamlined two-factor login confirmations via text message in iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 Mojave. But using SMS to validate your login remains problematic because of phone number hijacking. Apple ...

Apple's in-built SMS tool that scans messages for one-time passcode (OTP) and autofill codes is now better at blocking phishing attackers.

An SMS code is a shortened telephone number made available to a particular group of people, such as members of Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus, according to senior Michael Vastola, chief operating ...

Google is experimenting with a new way for Android users to confirm the identity of people they message. The company has ...

Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the ...