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On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:09:41 +0100 Eion MacDonald <eionmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 19/10/2015 16:29, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > And what if some one > > does not have a mobile phone? > > > I set up accounts for folk who have 1)no computing experience > whatsoever 2)Have no mobile phone. 3)bad memory (short term) > > On Google the phone number is for verification and rescue. > To set gmail account up , ab initio, you give a Mobile No they send a > text with a code number , entry of the code number proves at least the > applicant had a working phone and thus verifies that fact, thereafter > the account works. > You can delete the phone no thereafter but if lost password (and it > happens frequently with elderly memory loss), it needs to be rescued > via the phone no. > > If no Mobile phone I set up a corresponding MS Hotmail account and > then use that to verify the google one. > OR > Provide a temporary email address from my domain to set up google with > gmail account; then delete the temporary one. > > 2 Also the phone no and text thing can be used as a second factor > authentication from a computer, thus lowering the chance of ID fraud I was going to say, why won't they accept a land line phone number for people who don't have a mobile, then I read the bit about the text message. By the way, I was just planning to be able to sign in, I had no plans for a gmail account. In the end I decided not to bother. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq