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Google plans to stop using insecure SMS verification in Gmail

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Google plans to stop using Google SMS messages to log in to Gmail accounts.

Instead of using SMS , the company will reportedly switch to using QR codes.

The change will roll out in " the next few months ," but it's unclear if all markets will see this change.

Google also points out that QR-code scanning makes phishing scams harder.

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