Subj : Re: Gmail Conspiracy
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 09:59:00

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

> I checked my google settings (security section) and 2-step verification is
> turned off, and I have a "recovery email" address listed, but the "Try another
> way" button didn't offer to contact me via my recovery email address.

This is something different that 2-factor.  In my case, if I try to access
my accounts from my PC and the browser is in a private/incognito window,
google will ask me to verify via an app on my phone (youtube, for example).
 IIRC, Facebook does the same thing.

It is because google/FB/etc. doesn't recognize the device you are trying to
access your account from (private/incognito browsers, in my case, always
use a different device ID) and wants to know it is you.  My 2-factor is
also turned off for some of the services, but this will still happen if I try
to access the account via an unknown device.

If you have also linked your spouse's phone number to your account, I
wonder if it would give you the option to have the code forwarded to her
phone?

> 2-factor verification is turned off, and Google does NOT make me use 2-factor
> verification when I access my account through my phone or my PC, but the
> malfunction only occurs when I try to access my account from someone else's
> phone.

It doesn't make me use it if I try to access YT or Gmail from my PC (so
long as I am using the same PC and also not a private session).  It is the
unrecognized device... phone, PC, tablet, or otherwise... that is
triggering this feature.


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