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To address the app and phone number concern I have; I doubt it's possible to remain a user of Google services without being forced to give them my phone number
by xjay 5y ago
To address the app and phone number concern I have; I doubt it's possible to remain a user of Google services without being forced to give them my phone number at least once, and even if they don't keep it, they'll keep a hash of it to bypass the spirit of the law, and track me across data brokers using a derivative of my phone number instead.
My guess is, if they aren't nagging you about verification by phone number, you've likely provided them with your number at least once in the past.
On a related note, there's been a push for supporting the Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which requires strong customer authentication (SCA) in most cases, which implies 2FA.
- sneak 5y agoForget 2FA: you can't get a Google Account without giving a phone number during signup.
- Terretta 5y agoYou could as recently as a few months ago (haven’t tried since winter), but you have to be careful from the create account page. If you get asked for a phone number, start over in a new Firefox container. Or, you could do it through YouTube.
- novok 5y agoIt has to be the IP address of something they know the location of with some certainty, near impossible to privately sign up for one. Try it with a VPN or anything from a datacenter IP or any other public place and it's a no go.
- sneak 5y agoI have tried this dozens of times in the last year, with an empty cookie jar. Every time it demands I verify a phone number.