How do you feel about 2FA / MFA verification to use a website or service?

Ice Tea

Ice Tea

Ice Tea

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Seems to be coming common place , i find it annoying that you go through a sign-up process just to try out a site and right at the end it refuses to proceed unless you do phone verification.
 
I've changed the topic as i never meant 2 step verification for security purpose because that's obviously a good thing.

I mean the current trend of refusing to allow you to proceed with a website or service unless you hand over a phone number for verification.

Google services , some free email providers or free trials , free VPN trials , usenet trials , social media services like Zoom video chat will now allow you to try out end to end encryption but only if you hand over a phone number , etc. etc.


Efour said:
Try out a site?Porn or what.
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Sort of ironic that of all the sites online you don't have to hand over anything to use porn sites not even age verification.
 
jpaul said:
they still have to cater for people (like us) who don't have good phone reception, I don't have wifi calling either.
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How do you sign-up for Gmail or use Android-x86 across multiple machines without handing Google a phone number to get a fully working service?

Android-x86 Beta testers have been caught out with multiple installs with Google telling them their phone number has been used too many times and to go away as support doesn't seem interested , not sure if one user was joking but when they tried to contact Google support about a number being blocked they was asked to provide a number? :D
 
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