I hope this is the right forum for this post. Here is my deal. I have a personal cell phone account through Cingular. I also have a work Blackberry (T-Mobile). I have been given permission to use this ...
SMS text messages are a weak, dangerous way of providing two-factor authentication codes, as we discussed years ago in “Facebook Shows Why SMS Isn’t Ideal for Two-Factor Authentication” (19 February ...
Update, Feb. 26, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 23, now includes additional commentary regarding the potential security implications of the decision to deprecate SMS from the Gmail ...