Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

  • Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Secondary e-mail address, security questions, recovery key, physical key fob - from the top of my head. Better or worse, the point is - it doesn’t have to be a phone number.

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      1 year ago

      It’s asking for a secondary email address or phone number. Security questions are insecure and probably the worst reset methode there is. Most users don’t even know what a security key is so it’s pretty pointless to mention it if only like 1% are actually using it and it could cause more confusion than it helps.

      Edit: apparently it actually does ask for both. But it’s not even mandatory. Its just a warning