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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google can close your email account down at any time for any stupid reason they like and their nonexistant support will leave you standing in the rain without access to years of mails. Switch to a paid mailer with actual support ASAP

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I once paid for Lavabit email and it was then raided by the NSA/CIA/FBI (Snowden case) and they shut everything down. I lost access to my account and to a 3rd party account that had a considerable amount of money pending withdrawal. I was never able to get the money. Lesson learnt: paying for your email won't save you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ya, never trust US companies. Their government's crazy to jump in and take anything they want; you may not even know they took it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dumb take. All it's warning you is that without those, you won't have a way to recover your account it you lose your password or if it's hacked and someone changes it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm all for bashing companies regarding privacy and whatnot, but this is just informing/warning you about account security.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ransomware is getting smarter by the day!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Users are getting dumber by the day!! Half the comments in privacy imply users don't know what they are talking about and need to see a therapist

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You couldn't glean the sarcasm from my comment?
I know that 2FA is important for security

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, based on the silliness i see in privacy. The /s is useful and to deny its usefulness is ignoring the reality of human 2d communication.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, that's a good point, I'll make use of it more

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Totally agree it is a pain to use it. Just helps with clarity for everyone