Google is working to change the SMS code authentication used to sign into a Google account to have you scan a QR code. Besides the several severe flaws with this idea, it's still good that Google is trying to make proving who we are a little more streamlined and less nerdy. If it weren't such a pain to do it, more services would offer MFA (multi-factor authentication), and more of us would use it.
Google's not alone here. Microsoft, Apple, and organizations like the FIDO Alliance are working on the issue, too. These companies know that it's something that benefits everyone, and it needs to be done in a simple yet effective way.
