The change will roll out in the coming months and help reduce fraud and spam while improving security.

Instead of getting six-digit log-in codes via SMS, which is unsafe and prone to phishing, users will see a QR code that they ...

Gmail will soon ditch SMS codes for two-factor authentication, and use QR codes instead. This will reduce the impact of ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Cemeteries in Munich allow QR codes as memorials on headstones, Mr. Hoerauf said, and for more than a decade, people whose ...

Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal's growing popularity as a tool to ...

More than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any ...

Google will soon allow you to verify your identity using QR codes to access Gmail, as it is scrapping the older SMS ...

First, QR codes eliminate the numeric authentication code, so there's no code for a scammer to intercept or exploit. Second, they're not dependent on any anti-abuse or anti-SMS swapping protections ...

Google is planning to replace text messages with more secure QR codes for Gmail authentication. In a conversation with Forbes ...

Pepper Pike police picked up a Euclid man, 41, from the Cuyahoga County jail on Feb. 19 for an active warrant on a driving ...