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Why the phone verification is required to claim a custom URL? Custom URL is a poor incentive to provide Google your phone number.
by uladzislau 13y ago
Why the phone verification is required to claim a custom URL? Custom URL is a poor incentive to provide Google your phone number.
- cing 13y agoAgreed. I simply do not own a cellphone so a custom URL isn't possible.
- josefresco 13y agoI have a mobile number but have opted out of texting (they are blocked so I don't get charged) and instead use a free texting app which also assigns me a virtual number. Unfortunately the verification text from Google does not make it through. I tried two texting apps, and even tried my normal cell number hoping that Google had some agreement with my carrier to pass the code along. Seems odd that Google would risk turning me away from Plus simply because I cannot receive texts. Get over it Google, I'm not giving you my cell number. Find another way to verify my identity, I only use practically all of your services and have given you pretty much all of my personal information at one point over the last dozen years.
- clauretano 13y agothose verification texts work when sent to google voice numbers, for what it's worth (plenty of other similar systems break when you give them gvoice numbers)
- zalew 13y ago"People who have this phone number may be able to find you on Google services." yeah, no thanks.