> Hindsight is 20/20, obviously would've been an excellent idea to enter that recovery phone or email address field. Why wouldn't you do it? Because OP has his

> Hindsight is 20/20, obviously would've been an excellent idea to enter that recovery phone or email address field. Why wouldn't you do it? Because OP has his password! The recovery email is supposed to be for people who forget their password! OP didn't forget it. What are you supposed to do if Google randomly decides to lock you out of the recovery email too? How many emails is a person expected to have? Google is basically just punishing people who take steps to avoid tracking on the web.