Why are SMS verification codes used so much? What are the benefits?

Overseas users need to register or retrieve their passwords through their mobile phone numbers when registering a platform. At this time, they need to use the international SMS verification code to prove their identity. Among them, the international SMS verification code is more like the identity of an intermediate witness.

What are the advantages of international SMS verification code?

1. Quickly verify the identity of overseas users.

Now the mobile phone numbers are all certified by real-name registration system. Before overseas users registered accounts on the platform, they had to fill in a lot of information, which was complicated and cumbersome. Now the mobile phone number is not only a string of numbers, but also all the information of overseas users behind it. Now, when overseas users register their accounts, they only need to fill in their mobile phone numbers and carry out verification code authentication, so they can register quickly, which not only saves time, but also saves cumbersome registration steps.

2. Guarantee the expenses of overseas users.

In the case that the international SMS verification code has not been widely used, some platforms will always be infringed by malicious registration, irrigation and other bad behaviors, so overseas users need to spend a lot of money to maintain the website. With the popularity of international SMS verification code, this situation has been effectively stopped. Overseas enterprises no longer need to spend high costs to maintain the security of their websites, and the quality of overseas users is much higher than before.

3. Ensure the account security of overseas users.

In the past, the accounts of overseas users were always easy to be stolen by others, and the appearance of international SMS verification code greatly reduced the probability of such a thing to some extent. The mobile phone number is bound to the account. When logging in important software, you need to provide an international SMS verification code to log in successfully.