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Seemingly without notifying us, google has turned off recovering accounts using the recovery email. Since a few years back they will only ever except phone numb
by LightHugger 3y ago
Seemingly without notifying us, google has turned off recovering accounts using the recovery email. Since a few years back they will only ever except phone numbers for this.
It's unbelievably stupid.
- atomicfiredoll 3y agoIs this what's going on? I have an account with a maiden name I check now and then. I tried to get into it when they announced the policy change around inactive accounts, but was presented with an error saying I had no recovery information. I swore there was a recovery email and could see the security alerts being forwarded to other accounts, but can't do anything. With so many people centralizing on gmail over the years, this really feels like another blow to the usefulness of email overall. It has me thinking more critically around recovery workflows I've built or assumptions that people will have records of previously sent messages.
- mdekkers 3y ago> It's unbelievably stupid. In other words, they now force you to give them your phone number, which is incredibly valuable to them. It’s unbelievably smart on their part.
- jlokier 3y agoIt's not smart if you can't given them your phone number because they started requiring your phone number to login before you can give them your phone number.