Re: Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit codes for verification

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

As Carlos later said, the name of the app (if it's an app, it probably
will be part of Google Play services) will have to be determinded,
because the functionality - verify a phone number by a mechanism
using a QR code - does not exist yet.

While Play Services may work in tandem with the Google App (aka Google
Assistant) on Android, to get Google Prompts to work on iOS (iPhone) has
them just install the Google App from the Apple Play Store
(https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google/id284815942).

Since Google is dropping SMS for login verification, what's left for a
communications venue?  Looks like Google Prompts which are apparently
doable with just the Google App.

  As Carlos said, stay focused! 'Google Prompt' has nothing to do with
the to be developed functionality, nor with any other QR code use.
 
  'Google Prompt' is a prompt you get on your phone to tap to verify
it's *you* (i.e. one of your registered devices), nothing to do with
your *phone number* (the device can be a SIM-less tablet, i.e. the
prompt *cannot* relate to a phone number)..

SMS as a transport is out for when Google switches to QR codes instead
of text strings.  So, what other communications venue is there between
the "registered device" (which is a smartphone for the vast majority of
users doing Gmail on a mobile device) and Google to complete the login
verification?  The Google App already has a camera icon, and it connects
home to your account.

According to a Gmail spokeperson, SMS is getting dropped.  Okay, so stay
focused yourself, and get off the SMS bandwagon.  What is the
alternative to get the QR code scanned on your registered device aka
smartphone to send to your Google account to complete login
verification?  You say Google Prompts won't be it, but you really don't
know what Google will implement.  Google says SMS won't be it.  So WHAT
else might /it/ be?

If Google comes up with another and different "name of app" than Google
App which already works with Google Prompts, oh goodie, we have to
install more software to support their new scheme.  I take it Google
doesn't trust authenticator apps to be as secure as whatever they may
come up with.