Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification
by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:33AM
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I agree its stupid, but it personally gives me a good feel about their security as well. I rather trust my gmail account than my phone.
The "trick" is to never change your laptop/desktop and phone at once so you can always verify the other. At best, if you travel, have a old computer somewhere that someone else can access to verify when needed.
Its not perfect, and i still have bad dreams about loosing access and no googler ever going to help me. But on the other side when someone accesses my account somehow, i know nothing happens and they get locked out.
I move country and change internet regularly, and i am glad this is not a reason to lock my account like with many providers who have less advanced tactics.
Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification
by HappyTypist on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:22AM
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Are you using long, automatically generated passwords? I've had two very similar Google accounts that I log in at the same time on PCs, and one account with a 15 char password kept wanting additional checks. It stopped when I changed the password to 16 chars.
Big providers are more and more tailoring to the lowest common denominator (people who can't manage passwords, get malware...) and pushing for mobile authentication. So if you're someone who can manage passwords and is willing to accept responsibility, you get annoyed at best and locked out of your account at worst.