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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • My Android devices have never been logged into Google, and the tablet I’m posting from has no SIM card, so it has no phone number.

    They have no record of a phone number for me, because I’ve never signed into Google on any active Android device.

    Edit: I also have Google Play and Services, and most other Google apps disabled. They really don’t have any phone number for me.





  • Uh, okay. My account isn’t even registered to a phone number, never has been, and my mobile devices aren’t registered with Google.

    I’m currently only signed into Google on my laptop, and if I do happen to sign into another device (which has happened before), Google just drops me an email something along these lines…

    ‘A new device has logged into your account. If this wasn’t you, click here, but if it was you, there’s nothing you need to do’


  • Um, wait what? I’m in the 20+ year Google category…

    I very rarely use Google anymore, but I do have a Google and YouTube account, plus my EBay account is also tied to my Google account, and I haven’t had any such issues…

    So what the hell happened to others? Do you have a brief breakdown, and perhaps an article link or something?


  • Are you sure about that? I had my Google account since before they acquired YouTube. During their acquisition and merger, so as to not corrupt or pollute their merging databases I presume, I was forced to pick a different username for YouTube than my Google account, and that still stands to this day, even though both are indeed effectively the same account… 🤦‍♂️☹️