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"My inner tin foil hat says Google wants a phone number for other purposes." "I already have an Android phone with Google Play Services installed." Guess what
by mark242 10y ago
"My inner tin foil hat says Google wants a phone number for other purposes."
"I already have an Android phone with Google Play Services installed."
Guess what - Google already has your phone number before asking for it via the 2FA form. My guess is that the reason they have one platform-independent process for setting up 2FA is for iOS users.
- kogepathic 10y ago> Guess what - Google already has your phone number before asking for it via the 2FA form. My guess is that the reason they have one platform-independent process for setting up 2FA is for iOS users. Only if the phone number is the same one I use for my Android phone. But yes, I realize that any SIM I put into my phone will also be known by Google. It's just an incredibly shit onboarding method. They already have a more secure way than SMS to determine the account owner, so why not offer it as an option?