Hi Diane If you go to this link (reached by clicking on my avatar, then 'My Account', then 'Security Checkup'), is your landline listed there? On mine it has a verified cellphone and a 2nd, unverified one (indicated by the red triangle with a 'bang'). If I select the latter and click 'Next', it says it will verify by sending an SMS.
This leads me to believe that a cellphone is required for the account recovery option. I would say then at least in the meantime, use an alternate email and a security question. Don't be confused though, none of the above has anything to do with 2-step verification 😜, it is just a good idea to have recovery options before you start. Now, re. 2-step, it would seem that unlike the above, Google does support voice calling to a landline. I would therefore suggest that once you have done the above, turn on 2-step and give it a try. You can then disable it for those devices you feel are secure. If you don't like it after all, just turn it off. On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 2:32 AM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting comment on your part, Marko. No, I haven't tried to *change* > how I receive verification codes because I haven't yet set up 2-step verif. > pending what has been going on up to now (rather, what has *not* been > going on!). Specifically, I haven't been able to verify my phone of > choice, my landline number, for account recovery. This apparently requires > SMS. I thought this same verification was also necessary prior to and in > order to get the codes for 2-step verif. after that was set up. Remember > how I mentioned a few hours ago how confused I was on these two topics? So > the link you have provided me intrigues me and adds to my confusion. > > You may recall we (you and I) have discussed previously within this (long) > thread about 2-step verif. for *selected* computers since we both also > have computers which are "reasonably secure" (your words). The computer I > have in mind is one I use at home ("reasonably secure" there?) and take > with me when I want to use Gmail away from home. So far, this particular > computer has remained secure when I use wi-fi. But since it is the most > vulnerable because of wi-fi or even using offline Gmail (I guess), this was > the one I was going to set up for 2-step verif. > > Because of my confusion, part of me is saying leave things as they are > ("If it ain't broke, don't fix it"); the other part thinks 2-step verif. is > ideal for that one computer. Then, throw in my confusion between account > recovery phone verif. and getting verif. codes, which has led to my > confusion about whether I need texting capability, and I am holding off > doing anything until/unless I get un-confused. That's what I'm relying on > you and the others for. > > *~Diane* > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:22 AM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Again, Marko, I am not receiving calls from Google on either phone. I'm >>> supposed to be able to receive verif. codes via *voice call*: >>> >> >> ​I'm assuming you did specify 'Voice call' as per >> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6051686​ >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
