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Yup. And Yandex is one of the only free email services left that doesn't require a phone number to register yet they stuck me with a lockout on the account week
by Springtime 8y ago
Yup. And Yandex is one of the only free email services left that doesn't require a phone number to register yet they stuck me with a lockout on the account weeks later (still haven't bothered to re-activate the account yet).
Not to mention that I created both a custom question and answer with randomly generated strings that couldn't possibly have been known by anyone else, which they confirmed as correct during the lockout and still are demanding a phone number to 'verify'. I mean, really now, how on earth would giving any random phone number further verify I'm the account holder when I already know the correct randomly generated password, secret question and secret answer.
Gmail has similarly locked out various accounts with this despite no actual suspicious activity and having a completely unique password. It's a transparent effort by all these companies to gather more user details.
- st1ck 8y agohttps://cock.li/ https://cock.li/ doesn't require phone number (you can also choose other domain name)
- RetardedKumars 8y agoIt's a one man show and can disappear any moment. Following is pure speculation, but it raises concerns as well. Owner of cock.li leaked that he had a job in Romania. What could possibly an US citizen do in Romania? Well, Romania has an US military base, so he could be an IT contractor connected to that, which makes cock.li just a honeypot.
- pas 8y agoProtonMail doesn't require a phone number either for registration.
- RetardedKumars 8y agoThis is not entirely correct. Sometimes protonmail requires a phone number to send an auth code when you sign up. It randomly happens when you use Tor/VPN. Sometimes it's another email address. In very rare cases is just a google captcha, which itself is still tor unfriendly. Please don't spread false information.
- RetardedKumars 8y ago> Yandex is one of the only free email services left that doesn't require a phone number to register It is a trap. Register a new account and it will be locked in a few days. It started at the beginning of this year before Putin's "election". Pretty much all Russian websites that bend over to Kremlin are requiring a phone number and real name now.