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Following a newly confirmed Gmail account hack, users are urged not to change their account two-factor authentication settings.
SMS or text message-based two factor authentication (2FA) is not considered secure, and Google wants to replace that confirmation step with QR codes when creating a new Gmail account. Google tells ...