Google has launched its SMS verification service in Spain that allows users to obtain the guarantee that a commercial message comes from a professional delivery platform. It is a system known as SMS Verified, which is developed for companies. allows them identify as issued by it the messages it sends to his clients. But also to other people as part of advertising campaigns.
In this way, those who receive them can be sure that the SMS they receive is from the company in question, and not an impersonation issued by attackers seeking to seize data or control different user accounts of those affected. Therefore, it is useful to prevent scams, spam submissions and impersonation of companies by attackers who try to obtain data and other information fraudulently.
Companies that use this service and verify their sent SMS will see that they carry a badge that proves that they are messages issued by a company through a verified delivery platform. Therefore, it is a known sender and can be trusted. With the badge appears the name of the company that sends the messages, and this can also include its logo in the shipment.
The service came into force in the United States in 2019, and since then it has been expanded to some more services, including Spain. So that the authenticity of the messages sent through it can be verified, Google uses a hashing system, which works when SMS Verified is activated. So, when a user receives a message sent by a company registered in the service, Google is in charge of translating the entire message that it receives, encompassed in a code that cannot be read, and that verifies that it is authentic.
Then, Google compares the code with those that the company has sent to them. If the SMS code matches the ones sent by the company that issues them to Google, Google confirms that the message was sent by the company, and therefore indicates that it is reliable. In the event that it cannot verify it, or there are system or connection problems, Google will show messages that the message cannot be verified, when the hashes do not match; or that it is waiting for a connection or in the process of verifying the message.
who want enable this message verification option They can do it from the smartphone’s SMS app. Specifically, from the application settings screen. In it you have to choose the verified SMS option. Of course, it is an essential requirement that Google has verified the telephone number of the companies that want, in turn, to verify their SMS.
