Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!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 15:07:22 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net s31dNeu0l0MXzjUikg67vgqz7aJHmxhwkBu3LW9oPPUBt0E4Tw X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:G8iCnkMl5x/iS1XS4FIR0Asxg7k= sha256:poA7itwVrJfz5fmuqYBO3KHxKk1i77TaSj1nrQ97T5g= 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: 2775 Andrew wrote: > Frank Slootweg wrote on 10 May 2024 14:07:42 GMT : > > >> In a normal home environment, and therefore not in a corporate managed > >> computer, does this new information mean anyone at home can now start a new > >> Google email account without needing to have a phone number on file? > >> > >> How? > > > > Andy's reference is about enabling 2SV in an existing Google Account, > > not about creating a new account. > > Oh. I missed that. Thank you. > I'm allergic to 2SV/2FA as I feel it's an obvious invasion of privacy. You're of course free to (try to) prevent use of 2SV/2FA, but AFAIK, authenticator 'apps' (programs) don't have any privacy issue. Perhaps others can comment on that. > Much appreciated the clarification as Andy always has good information > (so I wanted to be clear that I understood what he was informing us of). > > > Creating a new Google Account without a phone number has always been > > possible, at least it still was on October 23 when I last tested this > > (probably/possibly (also) for you). > > Everyone says that but I'm no technical slouch and it *always* asks for a > second verification, whether a phone or an email, and I give it neither. Yes, it *asks*, but you can *skip* it. > 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). BTW, this is about setting up a new Google Account, not about Gmail. [...]