Google plans to change the Gmail authentication system using SMS for another based on QR codes, this with the aim of curbing the threat of the abuse of text messages.
Gmail offers the sending of an SMS as an authentication measureand is used to confirm that it is the legitimate user when it seeks to restore the password of your account or because it is part of the multiple factors system. In both cases, a code is sent to validate the login.
Although the SMS adds a security layer to the process verification and login, it is actually not sure, given the abuse of this method by the ease with which the cybercriminals They can steal the user’s phone number and intercept codes and because the SMS are a usual means of distribution of ‘malware’ and cybethafs.
Therefore, Google is locked for Leave the SMS behind and opt for the QR codes, As has confirmed to Forbes. The objective is to “reduce the impact of unbridled and global abuse of SMS.”
“In the coming months, we will rethink how we verify the phone numbers,” “Specificallyinstead of entering the number and receiving a six -digit code, a QR code will be displayed that you will have to scan With the application of the camera of your phone. “
With this, The need to receive a code is eliminated, reducing the risk of falling into a scam of impersonation of identity (‘phishing’), and dependence on the provider of the telephone service to support protection against cyberamezas.
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