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Re:Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the... by Spivak on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:05AM (#23068905)
You can't set up TOTP without giving Google a phone number?
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Re:Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the... by aasasd on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:28PM (#23070831)
I'm not sure if Google allows using phone notifications first (another 2fa method) and then switching to TOTP, but TOTP isn't allowed as the first choice.
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Re:Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the... by trazire on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:10PM (#23071328)
They support using phone numbers and then switching to TOTP and deleting the phone number.
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Re:Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the... by aasasd on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:03PM (#23071946)
So how does this avoid giving the number to Google?
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Re:Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the... by 0xdeadb00f on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:17PM (#23074508)
It doesn't. I think they were just confirming this:

> I'm not sure if Google allows using phone notifications first (another 2fa method) and then switching to TOTP...

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