Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 9 days agoGoogle's practice of requiring Gmail addresses for user accounts is illegal, according to a German court ruling. The parent company of GMX and Web.de (Ionos) had filed a lawsuit.www.zdfheute.deexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down12
arrow-up1415arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's practice of requiring Gmail addresses for user accounts is illegal, according to a German court ruling. The parent company of GMX and Web.de (Ionos) had filed a lawsuit.www.zdfheute.deBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareLee Duna@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoNo, it depends on where you live. In my country, goolag asks for your phone number. You can’t use your other email address to create a goolag account.
minus-squareRose56@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoIts not just google, it’s every service now days that requires phone number. Specifically the big ones. For example, I remember gmx and mail.com didn’t ask for a phone number, but they do now. The “confirm that you are a human with a phone number”
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days ago The “confirm that you are a human with a phone number” Because I have never received a robocall from a bot using a real phone number…
No, it depends on where you live. In my country, goolag asks for your phone number. You can’t use your other email address to create a goolag account.
Its not just google, it’s every service now days that requires phone number. Specifically the big ones. For example, I remember gmx and mail.com didn’t ask for a phone number, but they do now.
The “confirm that you are a human with a phone number”
Because I have never received a robocall from a bot using a real phone number…