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Peter Wolinski

iOS 17 brings a long overdue feature to your iPhone — here's how to enable it

iOS 17 logo on iPhone

If you're anything like me — that is, on top of your device and account security — you'll have received countless text messages with two-factor authentication (2FA) codes over the years. While the best way (in my opinion, at least) to do 2FA is via an app like Google Authenticator, many companies still authenticate via SMS codes, sending them via SMS and email.

Now, these codes don't present much of a security risk. They expire quickly and after use. But the remaining emails and messages can clog up your Messages and Mail inboxes pretty quickly, especially if you're repeatedly logging into a service that authenticates in such a way.

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