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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Creating a new Google account isn't even possible without a phone number anymore. I had a new account which I didn't use in a while and it decided I need some old phone number to confirm my log in. There's no way to log in, recover or delete the account. There's no way I'm putting my daily account to that risk by giving them whatever phone number I have now

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago