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

For example, SMS verification codes can also promote traffic pumping, a common trick used by cyber criminals to make money for each text. Richendrfer notes that with the above trick, “fraudsters ...

The packets contained SMS messages with two-factor authentication codes that were received by individual users. Also: Why multi-factor authentication is absolutely essential in 2025.

Google is planning to end support for SMS-based two-factor authentication in Gmail, Forbes reports.Sending a code to your personal phone via text message has long been an option Google offered to ...