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This is why I have like to have many google accounts. One for personal mail, one for my own youtube channel, another for my 2nd channel with random uploads, ano

This is why I have like to have many google accounts. One for personal mail, one for my own youtube channel, another for my 2nd channel with random uploads, another for gmail for the first youtube account and another account for gmail for the other youtube account, plus 2 more gmail accounts for spam or when I need to signup with an email for another expendable service, I use one of these. I don't do anything on my personal Google account, just mail. Also I use a Google account only for one product at a time. People need to threat google, apple and facebook accounts as expendible.

cube00 5y ago
This isn't foolproof. Account bans can fan out and ban known shadow accounts you also operate as well, perhaps if you have different mobile phone numbers on each that might give you a bit more of a fighting chance.
- dncornholio 5y ago
  It's not foolproof, that's why I consider all those accounts expendable. I don't use them for anything important and I keep them spread. No phone numbers linked to any of the accounts. I'm sure Google can see a link between them, but I'm not too worried about that.
  - dredmorbius 5y ago
    AFAIU, all current Google property account registration workflows now require a phone number.
  - hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
    > No phone numbers linked to any of the accounts. ...on your devices.
  - querez 5y ago
    > No phone numbers linked to any of the accounts. Whenever I tried to create a Google account, it would ask me for a phone number sooner or later. Is that just me, or is there a way to circumvent that?
    - dncornholio 5y ago
      All accounts bug me to add a phone number every time I login but I can continue without doing so. These accounts are pretty old, 3 to 10+ years
hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
I have 20+ gmail accounts, with separate ones for purchases, for communication with friends, for Android development, for check-once-when-you-need-it tasks (occasional 2fa from steam etc.), mailing lists, several spamboxes etc. I don't believe this is a setup for everyone, but it does help me a lot. I know they will try to force me to give my phone number to them one day, but I hope this will take several years still.
- cube00 5y ago
  I suspect it'll be harder not to give out your number under 2FA that we're all going to get https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/google-wants-every-account-to-use-2fa-starts-auto-enrolling-users/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/google-wants-every-a...
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cube00 5y ago

This isn't foolproof. Account bans can fan out and ban known shadow accounts you also operate as well, perhaps if you have different mobile phone numbers on each that might give you a bit more of a fighting chance.

dncornholio 5y ago
It's not foolproof, that's why I consider all those accounts expendable. I don't use them for anything important and I keep them spread. No phone numbers linked to any of the accounts. I'm sure Google can see a link between them, but I'm not too worried about that.
- dredmorbius 5y ago
  AFAIU, all current Google property account registration workflows now require a phone number.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  > No phone numbers linked to any of the accounts. ...on your devices.
- querez 5y ago
  > No phone numbers linked to any of the accounts. Whenever I tried to create a Google account, it would ask me for a phone number sooner or later. Is that just me, or is there a way to circumvent that?
  - dncornholio 5y ago
    All accounts bug me to add a phone number every time I login but I can continue without doing so. These accounts are pretty old, 3 to 10+ years

hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago

I have 20+ gmail accounts, with separate ones for purchases, for communication with friends, for Android development, for check-once-when-you-need-it tasks (occasional 2fa from steam etc.), mailing lists, several spamboxes etc. I don't believe this is a setup for everyone, but it does help me a lot. I know they will try to force me to give my phone number to them one day, but I hope this will take several years still.

cube00 5y ago
I suspect it'll be harder not to give out your number under 2FA that we're all going to get https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/google-wants-every-account-to-use-2fa-starts-auto-enrolling-users/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/google-wants-every-a...

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