1Password has also introduced QR code sign-in, making it easier to add your account to new devices or browsers. This feature is designed to streamline the sign-in process, eliminating the need to ...

More commonly, the attack is direct—as when I wrote about a phishing scheme back in December, which tried to steal login info for Microsoft accounts. Scanning the QR code led to a phishing webpage.

As for how Google will implement its new 2FA method, the company says that "you’ll see a QR code being displayed [when you ...

And that’s why Google is changing up the Gmail login process. According to an exclusive ... In its place, we’ll be getting QR codes, which are significantly more secure than SMS codes.