Re: Google 2SV without mobile number

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Frank Slootweg wrote on 10 May 2024 15:07:22 GMT :

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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).

 
I'll do it from my own ISP and I could try it from my phone's T-Mobile data
but I've _never_ been able to set up a Google Account without needing to
give them private "real" data.
 

BTW, this is about setting up a new Google Account, not about Gmail.

 
Maybe they're different in terms of setup, but I've never set up "only"
GMail. I set up a "Google Account" and it comes with the GMail (AFAIK).
 
I could be wrong - as I had never doubted it - but to me the GMail account
comes with the Google Account. Thanks for the clarification.

  Yes, Gmail - and its associated e-mail address - comes with setting up
a Google Account. But Gmail is just one of Google's services and you can
create a Google Account and use some (other) Google services, but choose
not to use Gmail. That's why I make the distinction, in a context, such
as this, where it's important.