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And maybe slow down account creation used for online harassment?

• weird-eye-issue 5y ago
  A phone number is already needed to create a Google account, completely independently of 2FA and a backup phone number
  • Hnrobert42 5y ago
    Last week I created a gmail account. No phone number was required. I fully expected it to require one, but it didn’t.
    • weird-eye-issue 5y ago
      It looks like if you create it through the Gmail app that is a workaround to not needing a phone number