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That’s unfortunately the best you can get without a personal identification number. G is doing their best to establish your identity in the context, that active

That’s unfortunately the best you can get without a personal identification number. G is doing their best to establish your identity in the context, that actively tries to prevent them from doing so. Solving contradictory requirements will lead to nonsensical situations

nialv7 2y ago
Just the other day I was trying to create a new Google account, and was surprised by how much PII it was asking from me. I have a handful of Google accounts, the newest one created I think almost of a decade ago? I don't remember I needed any PII to create them, no phone number, no credit card, etc. What happened in these 10 years?
- thrdbndndn 2y ago
  I by chance registered several new Google accounts lately. It was a few months ago so things might have changed. You don't need a credit card to register a Google account. As for the phone number, IIRC you do need to provide one during the registration but that number isn't automatically associated with your account, it's there more to prevent spamming I think. Also you can re-use the same number (to certain degree, at least; I have 4 accounts registered with the same number). Please note that I'm not saying this is ideal, but compared to some other "major" services, Google is actually on the easier side for registering an account.
- martin-t 2y ago
  The terrorists kept winning and authoritarianism kept rising.
- Y_Y 2y ago
  Google has been insisting for years that they need my date of birth "to comply with the law" (which law is not specified). Never mind that my account is more than twenty years old, and I've attached plenty of credit cards and devices and addresses to that account. I'm able to skip the nag screen, but I do worry that Google are going to get in big trouble one of these days and it'll be all my fault.
  - joseda-hg 2y ago
    Not one for defending corporations, but most places have some variation of "No people under X age should be on the internet unsupervised", and that one usually isn't satisfied with "It's an old account" How seriously is this enforced varies, Twitch insta bans you for saying things to the effect of "I'm twelve years old"
- onetokeoverthe 2y ago
  new generation of obedient drones

nialv7 2y ago

Just the other day I was trying to create a new Google account, and was surprised by how much PII it was asking from me. I have a handful of Google accounts, the newest one created I think almost of a decade ago? I don't remember I needed any PII to create them, no phone number, no credit card, etc. What happened in these 10 years?

thrdbndndn 2y ago
I by chance registered several new Google accounts lately. It was a few months ago so things might have changed. You don't need a credit card to register a Google account. As for the phone number, IIRC you do need to provide one during the registration but that number isn't automatically associated with your account, it's there more to prevent spamming I think. Also you can re-use the same number (to certain degree, at least; I have 4 accounts registered with the same number). Please note that I'm not saying this is ideal, but compared to some other "major" services, Google is actually on the easier side for registering an account.
martin-t 2y ago
The terrorists kept winning and authoritarianism kept rising.
Y_Y 2y ago
Google has been insisting for years that they need my date of birth "to comply with the law" (which law is not specified). Never mind that my account is more than twenty years old, and I've attached plenty of credit cards and devices and addresses to that account. I'm able to skip the nag screen, but I do worry that Google are going to get in big trouble one of these days and it'll be all my fault.
- joseda-hg 2y ago
  Not one for defending corporations, but most places have some variation of "No people under X age should be on the internet unsupervised", and that one usually isn't satisfied with "It's an old account" How seriously is this enforced varies, Twitch insta bans you for saying things to the effect of "I'm twelve years old"
onetokeoverthe 2y ago
new generation of obedient drones