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Android users urged to disable Google phone number verification
Original: If you have an # Android mobile phone, you need to go to Settings > Google services > All services > Phone number verifi
Android users are being advised to open their phone's Settings, go to Google services under All services, and turn off phone number verification. The warning is being shared widely by privacy-minded users, who say the setting links a phone number to Google accounts and that disabling it is the safer choice. No official response from Google has been reported.
Why now: Privacy-conscious users are spreading a warning that Google's phone number verification setting compromises anonymity, prompting people to check and disable it.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 3 snapshots from 1 d ago to 23 h ago.
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- If you have an # Android mobile phone, you need to go to Settings > Google services > All services > Phone number verification and turn that off. The sooner you do it the better. Spread the word! # privacy · tedel@writing.exchange · 7
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