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Title: Apple engineers have a proposal to standardize 2FA messages Post by: HCK on January 31, 2020, 04:05:19 pm Apple engineers have a proposal to standardize 2FA messages
It could prevent users from accidentally entering their code on a phishing site with the wrong URL... What you need to know Apple engineers have unveiled a proposal to standardize the format of two-factor authentication. It has suggested the use of a new SMS format for one-time-passcode messages. The new format would include the website the code is meant for, information that could be automatically extracted by a browser or app. Apple WebKit engineers have unveiled a new proposal that could standardize the format of two-factor-authentication messages to improve security and prevent users from falling for phishing scams. As reported by ZDNet, Apple engineers working on WebKit, a core component of Safari have come up with the idea, but Google's Chromium engineers are also on board. According to the report: Apple engineers have put forward a proposal today to standardize the format of the SMS messages containing one-time passcodes (OTP) that users receive during the two-facto... Source: Apple engineers have a proposal to standardize 2FA messages (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/K3QvptxdeFM/apple-engineers-have-proposal-standardize-two-factor-authentication-messages-and-google-board) |