Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it less secure

Re:Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it ... by djsumdog on Thursday October 20, 2016 @04:14PM (#12755723)

I never put in my number into my Google account. Ironically, the only US number I have is via Google voice/hangouts. So they have it. It's just not associated. I'm not even sure if it would be allowed, as there'd be no way to use it as a 2-factor auth without actually being logged in.

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Re:Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it ... by throwanem on Thursday October 20, 2016 @05:02PM (#12756136)

I recently tried doing exactly that, and got back something like "This is not an acceptable verification number" with no further explanation.

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