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Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[โ€“] KevonLooney@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No it doesn't. It means that your email is encrypted and they don't have a way to unlock it. If you don't add recovery info or print out your unlock codes, you will lose access. Just like it says.

2FA is more secure.

[โ€“] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

What are you talking about? Google is not encrypting their emails, where did you get that info from?