Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dave Royal Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google 2SV without mobile number Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 07:45:40 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Organization: news.eternal-september.org Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 08:45:42 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f80442945b0b208902788b2cfac6c03e"; logging-data="1284905"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ohCmkq9YCXIjO1QdY2WF7" Cancel-Lock: sha1:SDh5F5tCPed8Z3oE3ajIcOFXf40= X-Newsreader: Mod.PiaoHong.Usenet.Client:2.02.M16 Bytes: 2286 Andy Burns Wrote in message: > Is apparently now acceptable > > When I first saw this announcement I ignored it because I didn't know what Google Workspaces was. When I realised Gmail was part of it I decided to change my gmail accounts to use an authenticator app (I use andOTP on Android and FreeOTP on iPhone) and remove the phone numbers. (This was prompted by recently changing my mobile number which was a painful process .) I have several gmail accounts, some 2SV some not. It was quite easy using the account security settings on the gmail web page. I added the authenicator then deleted the phone number if it was already used it for 2SV. One account had my old phone number which I'd failed to correct so that was a useful find. One of the gmail accounts had Google Prompts as an authentication method. I'd not heard of that either but the little tablet icon gave me a clue. The section of the account/security webpage for enabling 2SV prompts for a phone number on the same line; it's not obvious you can scroll down and add an authenticator first then come back to it and enable 2SV. -- Remove numerics from my email address.