Subj : Re: Gmail Conspiracy
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Feb 26 2025 10:16:00

 AT> I try not to take my cellphone with me anywhere because I don't like to
 AT> receive phone calls or texts while I'm out and about. And since my wife
 AT> always takes her phone everywhere, I thought that I could log in to my
 AT> Gmail account on her phone if needed.

 AT> I was wrong. I can't do that. It said "You're trying to log in on an
 AT> unknown device." So then to verify that "it's really me," Gmail offered
 AT> to send a code to my phone. But that wouldn't work because I didn't
 AT> have my phone with me. There was a button that said "Try another way.."
 AT> but that literally was a fake button and it didn't do anything.

 AT> So Google is trying to teach guys like me a lesson: "Take your phone
 AT> with you everywhere, or else you won't be able to touch your Gmail
 AT> account."

This isn't a conspiracy but a security feature that prevents others from
accessing your email account.  In the case of google, I don't remember for
sure, but the "Try another way" probably only works if you have set up
another verification contact method for your gmail account.  If you only
gave it a phone number to text you at, there are no "another ways" left for
it to try.



.... Tell me, is something eluding you, Sunshine?
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