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From: AJL <noemail@none.com>
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Subject: Re: Samsung account
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:32:11 -0700
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On 3/13/2024 2:14 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/13/24 7:12 AM, Richmond wrote:
>>
>>> I don't remember why I did it, but I created a Samsung account, probably
>>> I thought it would be useful or helpful. But then I got pestered for
>>> ages about agreeing to new terms and conditions. Eventually I signed in
>>> and agreed to them because there was no way to stop the
>>> notifications. Then I got pestered with notices about logging into my
>>> account, although it wasn't me, it was the phone. I've now deleted my
>>> Samsung account but I wonder what the point of it was, and why I
>>> couldn't turn of notifications? I would ask Samsung but it seems they
>>> don't like people contacting them.
>>
>> I'm posting this with a Samsung Galaxy S9FE tablet which I recently
>>  acquired. Likewise it kept bugging me to turn on the Samsung account. I
>>  have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone so I went through the same thing with it
>>  some years back. My solution was to use my fake name and email and sign in
>>  then, and so did it again with this tablet. No more bugging and everything
>>  is working fine. If you can't fight it, join it...  ;)
>
> The notifications are via e-mail instead of SMS text?

For me the "bugging" was through various popups on the device. So far no 
email on my fake account after my latest sign-in and no text since they 
don't have my phone number. Dunno about Richmond...