As title says. I haven’t used my Google account for more than 3 months. Prior to abandoning my Google account, I unlinked my phone number, deleted my recovery email, and logged out every device. I also never had 2FA TOTP setup.
Today I tried logging in and it won’t let me. See video. Apparently, providing my login credentials doesn’t prove that the account belongs to me. And no, I won’t give them my phone number again to login.
I hate Google
Prior to abandoning my Google account, I unlinked my phone number, deleted my recovery email, and logged out every device. I also never had 2FA TOTP setup
So you did this to yourself, and have the audacity to complain.
Yes. Because I don’t want to give Google that information about me any longer. Which is my right and according to you Google is justified in locking me out and demanding that I give them that information to regain access to my account?
People like you fail to see the implications of this. We more and more live in a world where technology rules everything. Soon the CBDCs might take over. And when and if they do, you’re gonna be forced to provide all sorts of information about yourself. Lets hope that you too will be okay with handing over your data just so you can buy groceries. After all, it’s their system, their service. If you don’t like their rules, don’t use it. Right? :)
Well they want to prove who you are because a Google account is the central part of someone’s online life. I’d imagine that binning off all that info quickly looked really suspicious and flagged something on their systems. They can’t just let that slide because of the possible implications, someone might use that email as their bank account login or maybe it’s linked to something really personal.
Is it out of the goodness of their hearts? Hell no, it’s entirely to cover their asses from liability for damages.
The fact that they’re asking for the information in order to compare against for identity verification should tell you that they already have the information.
If you were a fraction as savvy as you seem to think you are, you’d know that deleting your PII from your profile did absolutely nothing in terms of removing it from their systems. Right now you’re whingeing about how upset you are about having to give them a phone number… that they already have.
This would only be discussion-worthy if you had actually removed the information and they were demanding it back. You didn’t and they’re not, they’re verifying the information you gave them to prove your identity using industry standard methods. If it wasn’t for the fact these are getting posted during school hours I’d assume you’re some edgelord teenager…
That’s all well and good, but you can set up 2FA using an authenticator app and it won’t tie any PII to your google account
I unlinked my phone number
I won’t give them my phone number again to login
Google already knows your phone number, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to do that to protect the account from theft, especially after several months of inactivity and without any other means to verify the account ownership.
I understand that Google already has my phone number. That’s not so much of a problem for me. I am trying to limit the amount of personal information that I hand out to websites & services. I believe that companies shouldn’t need my personal phone number to create, maintain or secure my account. If I need security, I’ll install 2FA TOTP. If not, that’s still my decision and I shouldn’t be forced. Especially not in form of having to provide my phone number.
You can believe whatever you like. The companies that disagree have no obligation to service you. Go find services that don’t require phone numbers if this is important to you; they do exist.
Hire a security professional or keep trying or give up. I loathe google but this isn’t their fault.
I believe that companies shouldn’t need my personal phone number to create, maintain or secure my account.
What you believe is irrelevant. You don’t run the service.
The solution if you and a service don’t see eye to eye with terms is to not have you use the service. Seems like Google made the decision for you.
If you want a service on your terms, you have to host it yourself. Google has to deal with liability and privacy and the fact that they would be the single biggest attack vector for anyone’s online life of compromised.
There are so many sketchy and anti-consumer things that Google is doing. This is not one of them.
I hate Google
Then why are you reactivating your account?
You keep skipping the part where you verify your number. Try that and it’ll work better.
