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Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by dosncienxjwnxj » Tue, May 12, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

wolpoli wrote: post #315

idle_zealot wrote: post #280

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It does feel like a lot of very intelligent people here basically start at a first principles belief in property rights, and discover or dispute all of the rights and protections put in place over centuries to patch up the issues that occur when that philosophy meets reality. It reflects poorly on our education systems that these apparently weren't covered or were unconvincing when presented. Or maybe it's just a ref…

There is a lot of information, in various forms, on the internet that are specifically designed to misinform those who hadn’t taken a course on that particular topic, but leaves the reader feeling they learnt something. Right now LLM’s are good at picking those apart for the reader if they decide to dig deeper, however, I fear this era might not last.

> Right now LLM’s are good at picking those apart for the reader if they decide to dig deeper

They are not.

Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by siren2026 » Tue, May 12, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

ranger_danger wrote: post #449

siren2026 wrote: post #359

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A lot of people here work for Google. Tough to understand something when your salary depends on it.

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Source: your post history fanboying and defending anything google.

Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by dosncienxjwnxj » Tue, May 12, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC

Night_Thastus wrote: post #177

People complain a lot about Gmail, but honestly I kind of understand Google's plight here. They've essentially gotten roped into maintaining a huge chunk of internet infrastructure, for free . If they ever shut it down the whole world would end up rioting because it's so widely used. But it's expensive, complicated and time-consuming to maintain - and both a source of and recipient of endless waves of spam and scams.…

Fuck Google. I wish they pissed off users by completely paywalling or, better yet, EOSing Gmail. The more people leaving Google, the better.

Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by dakolli » Tue, May 12, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC

ColonelBlimp wrote: post #493

dakolli wrote: post #458

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Then don't use it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You may want to read the Hacker News Guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by dakolli » Tue, May 12, 2026, 3:31 PM UTC

eviks wrote: post #470

dakolli wrote: post #458

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Then don't use it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then don't suggest unusable services?

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Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by traderj0e » Tue, May 12, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

autoexec wrote: post #428

duskwuff wrote: post #212

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Shutting down GMail would practically amount to shutting down email. It's by far the largest email provider in the US (and probably in the world but I don't have that data). There's no other provider who could take up the slack; if it were to abruptly shut down, a lot of users would simply lose access to email altogether.

At one point AOL was the largest ISP and email provider on Earth too. If gmail died off people would just move to something else. It'd be annoying, but it wouldn't be the end of email

When AOL was the largest email provider, there weren't as many people using email, at least not for important things

Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by SV_BubbleTime » Tue, May 12, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

windexh8er wrote: post #507

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #51

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We are 365 shop… I cannot think of one single time the 365 being down has affected us at all. Maybe you’re right I don’t know. Maybe your region is worse than my region.

Then I would gather you don't rely on mail like many of their customers. Just do a simple search of M365 outages and you'll get plenty just in the last year.

I would say we do rely on email. But that we have not noticed any interruption.

Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by dotancohen » Tue, May 12, 2026, 6:04 PM UTC

tardedmeme wrote: post #375

dotancohen wrote: post #175

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My S24 Ultra no longer has rear cameras, they no longer work after the phone fell from a table. I can not scan QR codes either. So many companies - such as electric car charging stations - require this without considering failure modes and alternative workflows.

The elder gods have declared that you have been unpersoned... until you buy a new phone. Also try squeezing the phone at various points to see if it pops the internal connector back in. You can find a repair video to see where the connector is.

Interesting. Each of the rear cameras has a separate connector. It's not like the older Samsung phones where all the cameras on on a separate daughterboard with a single connector.

I wonder if I could find a camera app that lets me select a different camera at app startup. The built in app closes with an error, unless I long click it and select "Take a selfie".

Ha, it worked! After opening in selfie mode, I can select manual mode in the stock camera app and use a different rear camera. But if I accidentally use the wrong settings, the whole app closes with an error.

Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by ranger_danger » Tue, May 12, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

siren2026 wrote: post #512

ranger_danger wrote: post #449

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Source: your post history fanboying and defending anything google.

Huh? I don't like google or any megacorp, I do not defend or fanboy them, and I highly doubt there's anything in my history that would suggest as much.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

Re: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message

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Post by array_key_first » Tue, May 12, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

account42 wrote: post #483

Ajakks wrote: post #158

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Oh no - you can definitely 100% prove it, this is the direct consequence, the exact intended consequences, of Trump gutting consumer protections - across the board, not only online but with food and laws about not dumping chemicals in rivers. The man is the absolute worse person - unless your a rich guy, who wants to make more money by screwing over people who mostly don't even know it. Anyone who reads this, I dare…

Curb your TDS, this trend has been going on much longer than the bad orange man.

Acknowledging reality = TDS.

While you're correct that this is a trend that has been going on for a while, the keyword is trend. Do you understand what a trend is? It's a direction. Meaning, under Trump, it has gotten worse, and that is directly related to the piss-poor policy choices of this administration.

I won't mince words here. People who think policy is completely detached from outcomes are dim, and should spend less time talking because it wastes everyone's brain space.