Google enabled 2FA on my Gmail account without any prior notice. I have the username, password, recovery email, and all emails from the account are forwarded to my Fastmail, but I can't ever log into the account again because it is trying to do 2FA by SMS to a number I don't have.
replyI've tried everything to find someone inside Google to fix this, but so far no luck. At least with Meta you can find someone on a forum like Swapd who will take a small bribe to fix these issues.
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replyMy SO has identical situation. Identical. She still receives emails for this account because she set forwarding years ago, I still get notifications because I'm set as a recovery account, but without the phone she doesn't have for the last 15 years we have no way of logging in.
replyWe have everything else but this alone is not enough.
Very similar situation. I could even see information being sent to the recovery email. So, when the time came to setup my business, I chose Zoho and avoid Google whenever possible.
reply> At least with Meta you can find someone on a forum like Swapd who will take a small bribe ...
replyThat sounds like its own kind of problems. (!)