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Google: Haven't provided your phone number? It'd be a shame if something happened to your email... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by chkno@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[–] stratoscaster@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? No, that's the whole point of 2FA. There is literally no other way to verify authorization otherwise because it's by-default incapable of verifying identity.

Knowing the previous password doesn't help because those are often found in password dumps.

This is true of any email service.

[–] Oszilloraptor@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

2FA is just a second password and has nothing to do with encryption. Can simply be removed.

They could bypass this authentication without problems, if they want. I lost my phone and my google business account got restored regardless of 2FA. It's just a button for the support. The problem is the identification, especially of private customers (dunno if they would even do that).

Encryption passwords aren't time-based either, they must be static.