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We've probably all received confirmation codes sent via text message when trying to sign into an account. Those codes are supposed to serve as two-factor authentication to confirm our identity and ...

New Trends in Patient Engagement Report: Short-Code Text Messages Driving Patient Frustration, 65 Percent Admit to Ignoring Them PR Newswire SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2025 ...

Texting scams are exploding. In 2024 alone, U.S. consumers lost $470 million to them, according to the Federal Trade Commission, a number more than five times what it was just four years earlier. To ...

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 ...