Before you can sign into your Google account from a new computer or device, you have to enter a verification code that Google sends to your phone.

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This achieves three aims: it keeps people accountable, ensures that the code actually works while at the same time expediting the verification of code by the community of users.

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Would Apple ask developers to submit source code for verification?

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