Comment on Google binning SMS MFA and replacing it with QR codes • The Register
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 4 weeks ago
The real reason is that they want to save money on the text messages (outside of the US they need to pay $0.05 each time), not because they actually care about user security.
Like when xitter ran out of money and didn’t pay their sms bills and people were locked out of their accounts
lime@feddit.nu 4 weeks ago
i mean, it’s also a security issue. sms is plaintext all the way from them to you.
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
Also, it’s dead simple to send someone else (or tell them over the phone) 6 numbers, when you’re being phished. Much harder for people to send someone a QR code.