On Sun, 3 May 2020 13:51:50 -0700 John Sechrest <[email protected]> dijo:
>As a work around, you can create a google voice "virtual number". >https://voice.google.com/u/0/voicemail > >You can then configure this to ring any other number you want. > >You can then get your SMS notices as email as well as your voice mails. > >This way you can provide 2 factor authentication without having a phone >that takes texts. I should have mentioned that I don't mind two factor authentication, I just object to being allowed only one way to do it. My life would be a lot simpler if Facebook allowed me to create a unique code that only I know. I can access thousands of dollars of my cash at an ATM with only a four number PIN; why does Facebook think it needs my phone number and that my phone can display text messages. Anyway, just now I tried to create a Google virtual number. The first problem is that I have to decide if I want it to be Android, iOS or web. There is no information about what are the capabilities and requirements of each option. Nevertheless, I started by selecting Android, and I was then presented with many pictures of presumably Android phones in operation, with again no information about which one to select. Finally, I gave up on that and went back to the beginning, where I selected web. Google correctly figured out that I already have a Google account and presented a login window for it. I entered the password, which it wouldn't take. And now I'm locked out of my Google account also. I'll have to take the 'forgot password' option but, from past experience, that will not be a simple process either. I think we need to figure out a way to identify ourselves online with our DNA. I could then just lick my computer screen or something and be accepted. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
