On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:51:24 -0700, Brandon Long via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote:
>Typically, the phone number use in cases like this is part of trying to >prevent bulk operations. All I can personally say is that, when I recently tried to log in to Google to retrieve some articles I had saved in Google News, I had to dig through the old hardware pile to find a Galaxy Tab E that I had used years before, to which Google had sent an unlock code. There was no alternative channel for the unlock code to be retrieved. My only option was to dig through boxes to find the Tab E, charge it up to the point where it could attach to local WiFi, and see that, sure enough, there was a pop-up directing me to use this code (now expired, due to all the rummaging) to log into my Google account. Feh. And again I say: FEH! "Don't be evil", indeed. Missed that one by a mile. mdr -- My study of life and history inclines me to the apothegm "If you insist on burning bridges, it is often best to cross them before engaging the incendiaries." -- Shebardigan _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
