It's not safe to have security codes texted to your phone. Luckily, there are other ways to log into your accounts.

But if you’re committed to using text messages for two-factor authentication, or if the service you’re trying to secure only uses SMS-based 2FA, be sure to call your wireless provider and set ...

One-time SMS codes are widely used as the second checkpoint in two-factor authentication (2FA) to sign into everything from banking apps to email accounts. As I've written before, though, SMS is ...

QR code verification is more secure than SMS authentication as there is no message containing an access code. No code means no danger of phishing scams or hackers.

Earlier this week, Alex MacCaw, cofounder of data API company Clearbit, shared a screenshot of a text attempting to trick its way past two-factor authentication (2FA) on a Google account.

Last month, Twitter announced its users would no longer be able to use text message two-factor authentication, or SMS 2FA, where a user gets their one-time code as a text message, for free. People ...

Check Point warned of an SMS 2FA attack just last month, “an Android backdoor that extracts two-factor authentication codes from SMS messages, records the phone’s voice surroundings and more.” ...

If you don’t have any text messages with login codes to go through, perhaps because you delete them once you’ve logged in to a site or service, you can also check out the ever-helpful Two ...

In a new update, Messages will detect if you’re receiving a two-factor authentication code. When it does, it’ll add an option to the notification to copy the code.

There’s a similar version of the technology called two-step authentication (2SA), which sends authentication codes over text message or email, but this isn’t as secure as 2FA.