While my opinion may not be popular, I think Google's QR code authentication is better than other 2FA methods.

SMS is widely regarded as an insecure form of two-factor authentication, and another example of this has just emerged. A carrier looks to be injecting ads into the Google verification code used to ...

Google has long offered a way to transfer your authentication codes from one device to another, a handy option if you're upgrading to a new phone. But that process requires access to your old device.

That recovery code is what you'll use to get back into your account should something happen and you lose access to your two-factor authentication codes. It's not something that companies like ...

Despite adding more convenience, it doesn’t appear that either Google or Microsoft’s authentication apps back up people’s 2FA sign-in codes using end-to-end encryption when they are synced.

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, ...

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Google Authenticator can now sync single-use two-factor authentication codes to Google Accounts, for added convenience.

A developer has reported injected ads in their Google verification text message. The Google Messages app subsequently marked it as spam. Google has since clarified that it didn’t inject this ad into ...