Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accounts

Re:Google is silently linking your phone number across all s... by ButlerianJihad on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:14AM (#50100331)

In a crisis, you wouldn’t need to access your banks, or your patient portal, or refill prescriptions at your pharmacy, or pay your rent, or shop for groceries?

Or just, simply… sign in to your personal Apple/Microsoft/Google account at all?

Weird, dude.

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Re:Google is silently linking your phone number across all s... by nullc on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:26AM (#50114069)

I keep emergency cash. Why would I need a login to get a prescription? ... and rent can be late and/or paid with a check. Medical providers can access my records without my help at all-- pretty important since I might be unconscious!

What kind of cyberpunk dystopia do you live in where you need a login to an electronic service to get groceries?!

If that kind of dependency on third party services is normal then I'm glad to be weird!

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