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Google: Haven't provided your phone number? It'd be a shame if something happened to your email...
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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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I still have a landline which I use specifically for entering into websites.
At one point I thought it was a really clever thing to do, but now I'm not sure what I'm accomplishing with that, if anything.