However, you might just want to anyway, because there are plenty of services out there that still use text messages, and only text messages, to send you login codes.

With SMS an unsecure method of authentication, Google is eyeing a more robust solution with QR codes.

For travelers, few frustrations are as common as being locked out of online accounts because a verification code never ...

If your bank account is protected by SMS-based 2FA, for instance, they'll receive the code on their own device, authenticate themselves, and break into your account.

Starting next week Google will overhaul its two-step verification (2SV) procedure and replace one-time codes sent via SMS with prompts shown on the user's smartphone.

After failing to receive SMS text messages from five financial services websites that use them for two-factor authentication codes, Adam Engst resolved his problem with a quick call to T-Mobile to ...

SMS texts are not the most secure way to receive authentication codes, but many people rely on the mechanism, and security researchers agree that it's better than nothing.

If Skype password-reset email or SMS verification code is not received on your phone or email, then read this for the causes & resolutions.

Students this month may be voting on a referendum calling for the purchase of a university SMS code to facilitate communication and information dissemination on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus.