As a Google of many years and a long-term gmail user, I have refused to give my phone number to Google. Their hunger for data has absolutely no bounds, and the

As a Google of many years and a long-term gmail user, I have refused to give my phone number to Google. Their hunger for data has absolutely no bounds, and the security blather is just a convenient way to demand everyone's phone number. It makes sense though - they make more money the more they know about your account. I am in the final stages of terminating my use of anything that requires a google account. I fully expect that you will not be able to do a search on Google without being logged in. It's only a matter of time.