I fuckin’ signed in to YouTube with my existing account damn it
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You can skip that step. Not that it’s okay, tho.
There are some people who will put this data, the ones who usually agree to all cookies. So even if you let users skip, with some dark patterns you can manage to influence a lot of people. Example: I set up local windows accounts for a couple of family members, yet somehow a week later or so they had online Microsoft accounts connected.
For now.
not for now, but forever. they’d be in huge trouble with EU regulations should they ever dare to change it
For now.
They already force phone numbers in the EU.
Next year:
Sorry, your login looks suspicious. For your security, you’ve been permanently locked out of your account.
Since you never willingly gave us your address, you cannot submit a request to regain access to your account. Thank you for all the data. You cannot contact us. Have a nice day, dumbfuk
Literally every of these Google “add information xy” boxes has been skippable for years now
Phone number?
Just enter
127.0.0.1~/
~ sweet ~
Aaaand now 1,337 other users can reset your password and steal your account.
Elite
31337
Skip
We may not always have that option…
Where?
Seems like you can remove that address later as google said themselves in that screenshot.
Oh? Just what I was looking for! An opportunity to be manipulated more effectively by my owners.
You can change or remove this any time…
Haha, cute.
It’s been doing this for over a decade. It’s used by maps to create automatic pins for home and work, for easier routing (and profit if course).
I already gave up on Google when they started forcing you to send them your ID to watch age restricted videos.
I mean this isn’t new. How do you think you can say go to work or go home and have maps take you there.
Seeing this post made me realize I have fallen for this trap already.
It’s less creepy than asking “This is your home address, isn’t it?”
Yeh, not like they can’t work it out.
(That said, they have no idea about my house number because I can’t get them to understand the building I’m in has multiple houses in it…)
Yeah, pretty sure I remember clicking skip on this as many as 5 years ago. Google Maps has asked to store your home address for as long as I can remember.
Bruh, I was testing some android features and wiped an android phone, then when I tried to log in again, they wanted a verification code from the previous device, the one I just wiped. Not even will a phone number satisfy them.
Its essentially locked out, unless I get a time machine to undo wiping the phone.
I mean, what happens if someone lose their phone and wants to log in to google to wipe their device? Like… how would you obtain the verification code on a phone a thief now has?
Its just even just privacy issues, Google is braindead when it come to their “security”.
Luckily, I wiped it in settings so FRP was off.
I like how you conveniently cropped out the “try another way” button:
Read my other comment. It leads back to the same thing.
You mean the “fuck you, go in an infinite circle” button?
No, this is user error. It clearly strongly recommended you to print out your backup code when the MFA was enabled. If you forgot or ignored it and then wiped an important phone, that’s on you.
Okay, so I attempted to access it again. Its currently in a weird state of partial access.
I can “log in” but as soon as I try to access anything, say, Gmail, I get that screen again.
This is what the settings page looks like:
So its not totally locked out, but its not functional either, I’m not even on a VPN.
Notice, 2FA is off.
Then I click Gmail and get this:
I tap “more ways to verify” and get this:
I tap the only option, and it circles back to the previous screen.
🤷♂️
I like that when you come across one of the many Google dark patterns and complain about it, a fanboy always shows up out of nowhere to tell you it’s impossible and you did something wrong.
I once had an issue logging in to Google where they wanted to verify me some way that I couldn’t complete. I eventually got around it by going through the “Forgot Password” workflow instead of logging in normally. I have no idea if this still works or whether it will make things worse for you, but if all else fails it might be worth a try.
MFA was never enabled.
With your phone they already know it and where you are in every moment, if you don’t desactivate GPS.
Unless you live in an apartment.
Puts: 123 Fake St
Hey! I live there!
Whoa. We’re housemates!
Yeah, and they still owe us money for the electricity bill
Use Google’s address.
This was fun when my business address was some office I’d never been to.
9876 rode st., vilij, provençe 012345
Use Google’s address.
More like asking you to confirm what they already know.
Yeah, ridiculous isn’t it.
Recently validated data has more value tho
Trust me, Google already knows your home address.
also, I know yours.
They don’t even pretend it’s for security reasons and just admit it’s for ads 🤣
