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Re:Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom by hnaccy on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:06PM (#18196647)
Just today Google prevented me from logging in with the correct password and asked for a phone number as additional verification. Any phone number.

The account has no associated number so it's not a verification at all!

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Re:Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom by cataflam on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:54PM (#18196953)
That's not for your benefit, that's for them to verify you're a human / not a spammer / collect information (at least that seems like the most reasonable explanation to me).
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