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

Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> Wrote in message:

 
A *bit* more info about verifying phone numbers here
<https://www.androidauthority.com/google-ditch-sms-codes-authentication-details-3529425/>

From that androidauthority article:

But will fallback authentication methods be available if
the user cannot access a mobile phone? Google answers no.
Since access to a phone is needed to receive SMS messages
even now, the requirement for having a mobile device won’t change.

Other articles (but all based on the same interview) say that the
 user must scan a barcode with a smartphone camera. I haven't read
 whether the barcode is a simple URL link, as is common, or needs
 an app on the smart phone, which the user will probably have (the
 gmail app) but may not, so that might also be a requirement. And
 in either case the smartphone will need an internet connection at
 that moment.

Where Google leads others will follow.

My brother has a hotmail account. He doesn't have internet at
 home, he uses a PC at the library. Recently outlook.com required
 a 2FA/SMS authentication because he was using an unfamiliar
 device. (I was surprised this hadn't happened before - that MS
 were previously allowing signon with just a password. He's had
 this account taken over once already - quite a faff.) He has a
 non-smartphone which he occasionally uses for 2FA/SMS when making
 online purchases.

It will be interesting to see whether Google offer any
 authentication methods that don't involve a smartphone. My guess
 is no. Voice recognition might be a possibily; my telephone bank
 claims to recognise me by voice and no longer requires passwords,
 though it probably uses other clues too, like the call
 origin.
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