the Forbes He writes that although the most common features are often preferred to authentication based on SMS in identifying dual -factors, Gmail will change soon:
Ross Richender, a Gmail spokesman, told the newspaper that I will replace SMSS with the six -numbers of authentication to the QR reinforcement.
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To date, short messages have been used to enhance account safety and protection against ill -treatment, so Google has prevented fraudsters from creating Gmail accounts to distribute random mail or viruses.
But the authentication based on SMS has great security risks:
- They can deceive users or force them to share a icon sent in SMS,
- Users do not arrive on their mobile phone immediately,
- Messages can be easily redirect.
But the so -called. Pumping traffic, or generating artificial traffic: harmful actors create numbers that are sent a lot of SMS to different services via the Internet and then get money from the service provider after sending each message.
Google will gradually move to QR ratification in the coming months, which will include the quick response code on the user screen and select it with the camera. While there is targeted fraud (such as a QuishingThat is, hunting with a quick response code), Google says this approval method will make great progress in protecting users. (via 24))
