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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[–] sculd@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At this point I would say stay away from all Google services.

I even moved away from Gmail. It’s very liberating.

[–] happyhippo@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For all valid reasons for moving away from Google services, this just ISN'T one, as other comments already pointed out.

[–] sculd@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I agree. But just wanted to say that plenty of email service providers do not require a phone number.

Using authenticator for 2FA is also better than SMS.

[–] enitoni@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I'm slowly moving over to Proton and with the integration of SimpleLogin I'm starting to finally feel in control of my inbox.