Dutch company Bird, which offers tools for enterprises to reach customers over SMS, WhatsApp, and more, says it's exiting the EU, blaming onerous AI regulations
Toby Sterling / Reuters : Forums: Slashdot Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Software Firm Bird To Leave Europe Due To Onerous Regulations in AI Era, Says CEO
Google says it plans to use QR codes for Gmail account authentication, ditching SMS to “reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse”
It is certainly no secret that using SMS text messages for security codes used to authenticate your identity is far from ideal.
The FCC is requiring carriers to block SMS messages from “invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers”, targeting the increase in scam robotexts sent to consumers
First robotext rule requires blocking of texts from invalid and unused numbers. — The Federal Communications …
Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; all users can use an authenticator app or a physical security key
In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use a far …
Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; non-Blue users can use an authenticator app or physical security key
In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use …
Apple has agreed to allow Facebook to process payments for its paid online events feature via Facebook Pay, without taking a 30% cut, until December 31
for now — when Facebook sells online classes Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Facebook takes a shot at Apple over stance on paid online events for game creators Bloomberg : Apple to Let Facebook Online ...
Twitter turned off the ability to receive tweet alerts via SMS messages in most countries last week
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Google says it saw a 98% drop in the number of Play Store apps accessing SMS/call log data in 2019 since cracking down on apps abusing permissions in Oct. 2018
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
Google says it saw a 98% drop in the number of Play Store apps accessing SMS/call log data in 2019 since cracking down on apps abusing permissions in Oct. 2018
Google has been clamping down on Android apps that abuse permissions, and that appears to have had a very tangible effect on the Play Store.
Twitter says users can now enroll in 2FA without a phone number and disable SMS-based 2FA as default, allows other methods such as mobile authenticator apps
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :