What the fuck is this shit? Is no one else irked by the fact that Google now requires a two step process to log into your account? First there’s your regular password. Then, it brings you to a prompt which requires you to have a smart phone with you linked to your account so you can verify on your phone that it’s you logging in. Well, right now, my phone’s not receiving this message/notification/prompt (whatever the hell you wanna call it). Sure there’s ‘another way’ to log into your account. It can generate 10 passwords that you must memorize that are only good for a one time use. Jesus Christ. I haven’t even logged into my account yet to be able to memorize these passwords. And now I CANT ACCESS MY ACCOUNT. Does it offer me an option to get a code through my secondary (non-google) email that I registered with my GMail account for just these types of situations? Nope. Is there a customer service to call? Nope. Are people giving me dirty looks for using my cell phone in a non-cell phone area when I have no choice to because Goddamn Google is REQUIRING me to? Yep. Am I loosing my shit? Yep. Pretty much.
2 Step Verification
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um. you have to turn on that kind of thing in google, it doesn’t do it automatically.
if you aren’t getting the code via text, turn your phone off and turn it on again, and ask google to resend the code. if you want this turned off, turn it off. you go into your account and turn of two step verification. this is not a new thing. if it seems like this “suddenly happened” i would say that your account got hacked. google (just like facebook and all products “free” in this world) come with strings attached. there’s no way to contact anyone who can or will do anything for you. they own everything. they own you. that’s how it works.
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LOL. OK. So you’d rather your account be hacked? Security is a pain in the ass for good reason. If someone hacks your Gmail, you’re fucked.
3: Google recently enabled 2FA by default. It’s not SMS, it’s a notification that pops up asking if it’s you trying to sign in and you tap “yes.”
The OP probably has notifications disabled.
Every cybersecurity expert knows SMS is not a secure means of 2FA because SIM cards can be swapped by those up to no good.
As an IT professional and cybersecurity guru, I wish a certain local credit union would get with the program and start letting us use 2FA with an authenticator app rather than SMS.
I remember having to do a 2FA when I logged into Gmail about a week ago but it hasn’t asked me to since. Maybe its a periodic security check. Doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Sorry it’s such a hassle for you.