This is the reason I never gave Google my phone number, even when they were bugging me about it. A while ago someone replied to one of my posts and said "Your

This is the reason I never gave Google my phone number, even when they were bugging me about it. A while ago someone replied to one of my posts and said "Your phone number is not a secret". I know that. My issue is that if I give it to these big companies, they feel like they can do whatever they want with it. So as much as possible, I don't give it to them, at least not willingly. You should try Fastmail. I switched and love it.