Re: Google 2SV without mobile number

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Frank Slootweg wrote on 10 May 2024 14:07:42 GMT :
 

In a normal home environment, and therefore not in a corporate managed
computer, does this new information mean anyone at home can now start a new
Google email account without needing to have a phone number on file?
>
How?

 
  Andy's reference is about enabling 2SV in an existing Google Account,
not about creating a new account.

 
Oh. I missed that. Thank you.
I'm allergic to 2SV/2FA as I feel it's an obvious invasion of privacy.

  You're of course free to (try to) prevent use of 2SV/2FA, but AFAIK,
authenticator 'apps' (programs) don't have any privacy issue. Perhaps
others can comment on that.

Much appreciated the clarification as Andy always has good information
(so I wanted to be clear that I understood what he was informing us of).
 

  Creating a new Google Account without a phone number has always been
possible, at least it still was on October 23 when I last tested this
(probably/possibly (also) for you).

 
Everyone says that but I'm no technical slouch and it *always* asks for a
second verification, whether a phone or an email, and I give it neither.

  Yes, it *asks*, but you can *skip* it.

Hence, it refuses to set up the account. I'll try again later to screenshot
it for the team such that my experience has been GMail always requires it.

  That would be nice. Perhaps things are different for this side of the
pond (Andy, Chris and I are in Europe). BTW, this is about setting up a
new Google Account, not about Gmail.

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