Use TextNow app to get temporary mobile numbers.
Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair enough. I'd just pick up a random sim card at any supermarket, comes with a free phone number.
I don't want to spend money. Not even a few quid, because a scummy company suddenly doesn't let me access my device, which I "own" for years without surrendering even more personal information. That's apart from what other posters explained. That in a lot of countries you can't just get a sim from a kiosk, or a vending machine without proper identification.
Use TextNow app- it gives you free phone numbers.
Re: Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook
#143I've had this happen with gmail accounts randomly. Most of the time with computers I've been using for years on the same network. The worst occasion I've ever had was the one time I was traveling. I was getting by with only wifi and, naturally, didn't have a phone number to confirm my account with. I didn't have a number bound to my account, either, making the whole process pointless. How did I get into my account? I…
What on earth are those of us supposed to do that don't have a phone?
Switch to a paid service that doesn't depend on your data or on ads for revenue and survival.
I would mainly recommend posteo.de because of what the company stands for and its cheap pricing. Other options are runbox.com and mailbox.org. All these providers support IMAP too. So you can use any email client on any platform, or the web interface, to access email.
Protonmail, recommended by some others here, doesn't support IMAP for free accounts (so you can't take your mail out easily if you want to move elsewhere). For paid accounts, it has a "bridge" software that needs to be installed and running. This is available only on Windows and Mac. For Linux, the FAQ [1] still says at multiple places that it'll be available in "early 2018", while we're already nearing the fourth calendar quarter of 2018.
Re: Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had a Gmail account for a secondary email address that I used at times. One day I logged in with my email and password, and Google said I needed to further verify my identity. Well, my security question was a bogus one because I was confident with my password manager and backups it would not be needed. But, I guess I was wrong, because I didn't anticipate that knowing the password wouldn't be enough for Google. I n…
Next time, add your security questions to your password manager.
Yes. I answer something like "favorite color" with "blue green red" or "blue was the color of my first bike" if I can. I end up with something like this:
pet: answer school: answer friend: answer
Re: Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had a Gmail account for a secondary email address that I used at times. One day I logged in with my email and password, and Google said I needed to further verify my identity. Well, my security question was a bogus one because I was confident with my password manager and backups it would not be needed. But, I guess I was wrong, because I didn't anticipate that knowing the password wouldn't be enough for Google. I n…
Stupid "security" questions, I've started answering them like "what's your favourite colour?" - "colour" or "what was your first pet's name" - "pet". There are a few things that make me wonder if I can trust a company. Security questions, stupid password restrictions, sending me a password in plain text via email.
I used to give my real birthday. Then I kept reading about how knowing that plus your address (usually easy to find on the internet - whitepages.com, etc.) got someone a long ways toward imitating you.
So I started making up birthdays but would have problems because I didn't remember them. So now I just use the epoch, which I think somebody here suggested.
Re: Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook
#146I removed SMS from my google account for security purposes and use push notifications on the google app. Perhaps you could try that.
Your solution is to give them your phone number first?
It’s an app and I don’t know if you need to supply a number first. Either way they need it one time so use a throwaway only to activate the app.
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#147Maybe giving them your phone number gives Google another signal to catch hackers in another country trying to taking over your Google account. Or a malware server could be prevented from taking over tons of Google accounts? I don't want in abuse, so there are only guesses. I don't mind giving Google my hone number to keep my data secure, and I'm in the majority, so this is a good thing IMO.
> I'm in the majority
Judging by your user name you seem to be just another retarded shitskin streetshitter who got a $50 phone before he could get a toilet in his house. Read HN in guest mode rather than posting bullshit like this, kumar-asshole
Re: Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook
#148What's wrong with giving away phone number?
What's right with assuming that one has to use a phone?
Re: Tell HN: Google requiring phone number to log into Chromebook
#149mailinator has an SMS service
if you know about it, everyone does
and such services are usually blacklisted
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#150I have a similar problem with yandex. It's not hardware, just an email account, but I'm locked out of one I used for stuff because they are now asking me for my phone number because of "suspicious activity". I don't want to give them one.
Yup. And Yandex is one of the only free email services left that doesn't require a phone number to register yet they stuck me with a lockout on the account weeks later (still haven't bothered to re-activate the account yet). Not to mention that I created both a custom question and answer with randomly generated strings that couldn't possibly have been known by anyone else, which they confirmed as correct during the l…
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