Gmail is dropping SMS authentication in favor of QR codes

Google is shaking up its two-factor authentication system in Gmail.In an exchange with Forbes, a Google spokesperson confirmed that the company is working on ditching SMS text messages as a form of account authentication in Gmail. For years, this has been one of the main ways to gain access to a Gmail account; you just enter your phone number, and then enter the six-digit code Google sends as a text message. But, as Google puts it, the company will work to replace those with QR codes "over the n