Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google 2SV without mobile number Date: 10 May 2024 17:51:41 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net y2qgJCD3QIihcseGOD9HIwbCBm5sDWZNm7mNSW/pTZHBAXTnpt X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:ASwKtGtwpa2/pUdlq7ToMrt2CBQ= sha256:G1E62vyNgP3plNOemPoru3J73SZ0kHzOabI3RG61eEQ= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Bytes: 2449 Andrew wrote: > Frank Slootweg wrote on 10 May 2024 15:07:22 GMT : [...] > >> Hence, it refuses to set up the account. I'll try again later to screenshot > >> it for the team such that my experience has been GMail always requires it. > > > > That would be nice. Perhaps things are different for this side of the > > pond (Andy, Chris and I are in Europe). > > I'll do it from my own ISP and I could try it from my phone's T-Mobile data > but I've _never_ been able to set up a Google Account without needing to > give them private "real" data. > > > BTW, this is about setting up a new Google Account, not about Gmail. > > Maybe they're different in terms of setup, but I've never set up "only" > GMail. I set up a "Google Account" and it comes with the GMail (AFAIK). > > I could be wrong - as I had never doubted it - but to me the GMail account > comes with the Google Account. Thanks for the clarification. Yes, Gmail - and its associated e-mail address - comes with setting up a Google Account. But Gmail is just one of Google's services and you can create a Google Account and use some (other) Google services, but choose not to use Gmail. That's why I make the distinction, in a context, such as this, where it's important.