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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's asking for a secondary email address or phone number. Security questions are insecure and probably the worst reset methode there is. Most users don't even know what a security key is so it's pretty pointless to mention it if only like 1% are actually using it and it could cause more confusion than it helps.

Edit: apparently it actually does ask for both. But it's not even mandatory. Its just a warning