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To use google authenticator you do not need to give out your number. Most sites will have a qr code you can scan with your phone and the google authenticator ap
by torbjorn 10y ago
To use google authenticator you do not need to give out your number. Most sites will have a qr code you can scan with your phone and the google authenticator app uses that to generate 2fa codes that are valid within a certain time frame.
- probably_wrong 10y agoI just checked. The first screen I got says "Step 1/3: we'll either call you or send you an SMS. Please give us your phone number". You cannot skip this step on GMail, or at least I couldn't find how. I know you can use the app afterwards, but not before. Other sites just give me the code, as you say. But not GMail.
- calvano915 10y agoYou could create a Google Voice account with a free number and link to that. Set it up so calls/sms/etc go nowhere but can be changed if you need to restore your Gmail account later with that number.
- throwanem 10y agoHow recently have you tried to do so? I tried a couple of months ago to set up a Gmail account with a Google Voice number for verification, and it refused to let me with a message which I recall as being vaguely like "This is not an acceptable verification number".
- dublinben 10y agoYou can rent a burner SMS number for a couple bucks on a site like https://smsprivacy.org/ https://smsprivacy.org/
- dredmorbius 10y agoThe workflow does not, and so far as I can tell, never has, support this. I've commented on it for years at G+.