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Google doesn't let you into your account with your security questions even if you have the password., not anymore. No phone, no email. Which makes email less useful as it has for 30 years been an alternate way to contact people when you don't have your phone, it gets lost, stolen, breaks, you lose service.
Fuck you google, never again, Graphene OS first chance.
Security questions are well known as one of the least secure forms of authentication
@glibg10b @teyrnon It all begins with you giving your secrets away...
It's not about keeping your account secure it's about grabbing commercially valuable personal information they can profit from. If I want to use a phone verification it should be my choice. Never again, fuck all public corporation email sites.
@teyrnon
You realize you can turn off 2-step verification in a Google account?
There are some sites/apps where multi-factor authentication is mandatory, but Google isn't one of them.
And yeah, I leave 2-step verification off for this reason. What if I lose my grip on my phone and it falls into a river? Losing my phone is bad enough; losing my Google account would make it even worse!
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