Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

  • 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    And that’s terrifying.

    Imagine you didn’t even heard about google, but some of your colleague/friend use Google contact synching (which is very default these days) And ta da! Google knows your name and number with 99% percent of accuracy.

    • The Hobbyist@lemmy.zip
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      10 months ago

      Exactly. You don’t even need to have ever used the internet. It’s concerning, to say the least…