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Re:Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Ema... by weinzierl on Monday June 12, 2017 @04:23AM (#14535809)
I don't doubt that. In my experience sometimes a phone number is required and sometimes not. When it prompted for a phone I didn't find a way to work around that.
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Re:Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Ema... by FabHK on Monday June 12, 2017 @09:50AM (#14537333)
I find that when I create a dummy account from a clean browser (no cookies) with a VPN, a phone number is required. I wouldn't be surprised if they do some internal risk/dodginess assessment based on several factors.
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Re:Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers and Breaking into Ema... by eikenberry on Monday June 12, 2017 @03:37PM (#14540339)
Can you then remove it after the fact? I was able to remove the phone number from my account without it complaining.
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