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Usenet and NGs dying?
On Fri, 4 Dec 2015, Ralph Mowery wrote:
"rickman" wrote in message ... A big issue I have with Yahoo is that they now require you to verify a new account with a mobile cell number. That's ridiculous. I have not seen any places that required a phone number. If it did, I would not give mine out except a bank or similar place. I have seen several places that would like a phone number for verification, but not required. I don't know about Yahoo (I've never looked) but I know google every so often asks if you want to include a cellphone number. This is an extra level of security, they'll send you some bit of code or password that you have to enter also (if you sign up), it sort of being like a "dongle" in the days of protected software, only you will have that cellphone number so it's additional proof that it is in fact you. But so far, it's only been an offer, no demand. On the other hand, I've seen people talk about this as if it's mandatory, so either they get a different offer, or have misread it. Michael |
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Usenet and NGs dying?
On 12/4/2015 11:00 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Fri, 4 Dec 2015, Ralph Mowery wrote: "rickman" wrote in message ... A big issue I have with Yahoo is that they now require you to verify a new account with a mobile cell number. That's ridiculous. I have not seen any places that required a phone number. If it did, I would not give mine out except a bank or similar place. I have seen several places that would like a phone number for verification, but not required. I don't know about Yahoo (I've never looked) but I know google every so often asks if you want to include a cellphone number. This is an extra level of security, they'll send you some bit of code or password that you have to enter also (if you sign up), it sort of being like a "dongle" in the days of protected software, only you will have that cellphone number so it's additional proof that it is in fact you. But so far, it's only been an offer, no demand. On the other hand, I've seen people talk about this as if it's mandatory, so either they get a different offer, or have misread it. Now Yahoo will not let you sign up for a new account without verification via cell phone. This has been documented in a number of forums where people ask how to get around this. At one time you could skip it, later people talked about using burner phone numbers from web sites, but that also does not work. If you know a way to get a new Yahoo account without a cell phone number many would like to know how. -- Rick |
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