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

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

Hi,
 
Just read yesterday that Google will no longer send SMSs with six digit
codes for verification of gmail account, but instead will use QR codes.
This is to avoid scams in which the victim is told to tell the fraudster
the number he just received on the phone.
 
I have a source but it is in Spanish:
 
<https://www.20minutos.es/tecnologia/ciberseguridad/novedad-google-luchar-contra-estafas-adios-autenticacion-digitos-sms-5685840/>
 
Oh, English here:
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/02/26/google-confirms-gmail-to-ditch-sms-code-authentication/>

Doesn't make sense.  Say I'm using a desktop PC.  Nope, it doesn't have
a cellular or landline phone line to it (it cannot do telephony) which
is typical of desktop PCs.  I want to login to my Gmail account.  How
are they going to send an SMS text to my desktop PC?  Not everyone
logging into Gmail is using a smartphone to do so.

However, my IMAP e-mail client using OAUTH2 to login never sends me
anything to further authenticate the login.

To where is Google going to send their QR code when I use a web browser
to connect and log into https://www.gmail.com?

The articles are about discussions about possible future changes, but
the article or discussions have been very incomplete, like a proposal
without a scheme.  The articles are as worthless as telling you a
grocery store will have a weekly sale sometime months in the future, but
not when, or what will be on sale for what price.