Friggin Google wants your cell number now.

[Beachguyj]

They sign you out on occasion, and when you sign back in they try to scare you by saying that if you forget your password you won't be able to access your account. Then they ask for your number and you have to look around to find out how to proceed without entering it, and then they ark are you sure. They already have enough shit compiled about me and prolly know my number, but i'm not confirming it for them. Plus you can add an alternate email and a secret question and answer.

[gsdx]

I guess the people who don't even have cell phones are seriously fucked.

[G-Lexington]

Yeah, they asked me that for about six months before they gave up.

Lex

[borg69unimatrix]

Google & Facebook have better assimilation tactics then the Borg. They're relentless, ruthless, and have few redeeming qualities.

Throw in one of those 'BING' Tool bars, and there's no stopping them.

[JockBoy87]

I put down spam caller phone numbers, and rarely use my real name in cyberspace.

[MTLDude]

I guess the people who don't even have cell phones are seriously fucked.

I don't have a cell phone, and I can't still log on... but the day it will become mandatory, they will lose me...

[gsdx]

but the day it will become mandatory, they will lose me...

Me, too. I don't have a cell phone. Never will. I have no need for one.

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[Benjoe]

I don't have a cell phone

Me, too. I don't have a cell phone.

So when you guys need to get hold of someone do you just walk outside the cave you live in and SHOUT REALLY LOUD?

[G-Lexington]

I'm never giving up my telegraph.

Lex

[Paws]

Friggin Google wants your cell number now

You must be new to the internets?

I get this message once in a while since about... three years now?

[palbert]

In Maine we use smoke signals.

[JustMe5]

They already have enough shit compiled about me and prolly know my number, but i'm not confirming it for them. Plus you can add an alternate email and a secret question and answer.

It's not a big deal. Whenever I'd log into my gmail account, I used to get the same message about adding an alternate email or cellphone, but the message eventually went away on its own. I used to hate using google products because it really does seem creepy that google is so ubiquitous on the web. But now it doesn't bother me. And so what if google has compiled information about you? If you're not doing anything seriously wrong, then why should you be concerned? After all, your IP address gets logged every time you visit a website. The NSA can keep track of your emails and all your other online interactions, etc. Even if you don't use google products, you are still being tracked.

So, no worries. If you can't beat em, join them.

[Corny]

You can add another e-mail addy and the message gets away. I have had my cell # in there for years and not gotten a single call or text message from them except calendar reminders (that I chose).

Oh and you can set it so, that when you suddenly access gmail from an unusual location (i.e. nigeria), you'll get a message as well.

[maxpowr9]

Hint: If you have an android phone, they already have your cell number.

[gsdx]

So when you guys need to get hold of someone do you just walk outside the cave you live in and SHOUT REALLY LOUD?

Yes. As a matter of fact, I do. Now, if you will excuse me, it's time for me to feed my T-Rex.

Did it ever occur to you that I don't need one because I don't call anyone and nobody calls me? My land line is good enough for me. A cell phone would be a complete waste of my time and money.

Thank you very much.

[Taz]

I Gave them mine.

It's for security, I have my internet bank account registered to that email, among other things. People have tried to hack my account before, and it lets me know with a text if anything is happeneing and did I authorise it.

If people can get a hold of your email account that its, they can get every single other account of any website registered to that email, simply by clicking i forgot my password send me an email.

That won't happen to me now.

And guess what! That giant evil conglomerate doesnt give out my number, and they dont call me when i sit down to dinner

[secondmonkey]

Yes. As a matter of fact, I do. Now, if you will excuse me, it's time for me to feed my T-Rex.

Did it ever occur to you that I don't need one because I don't call anyone and nobody calls me? My land line is good enough for me. A cell phone would be a complete waste of my time and money.

Thank you very much.

You do realize that you can get a basic cell phone for the same cost or less than a landline, right?

I don't understand what you guys are paranoid about. What is google going to do with your phone number? Are they going to post dirty ads on craigslist and tell people to call you?

[gsdx]

I don't understand what you guys are paranoid about.

I'm not paranoid. I'm okay with new technology. But I don't need a cell phone. I call people maybe two or three times a year, and people rarely, if ever, call me. If it wasn't for the internet, I wouldn't even have a phone.

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[counterspade]

Both Facebook and Google have mine because of my Android phone and Android tablet. It's not like they're calling me or sending me emails for no reason. I don't have my cell phone number listed on either site, however.

[Beachguyj]

What is google going to do with your phone number? Are they going to post dirty ads on craigslist and tell people to call you?

Yes, yes they are.

[Beachguyj]

Yes. As a matter of fact, I do. Now, if you will excuse me, it's time for me to feed my T-Rex.

Did it ever occur to you that I don't need one because I don't call anyone and nobody calls me? My land line is good enough for me. A cell phone would be a complete waste of my time and money.

Thank you very much.

I have one but it's prepaid and I almost never use it. It's good to have in case I am out and have an emergency or if I'm going to a friend's house and am running late to let them know. I always leave it turned off and only use it to call out.

[gsdx]

It's good to have in case I am out and have an emergency

I only go out to buy groceries (one block away), go to the bank or hardware store (2 blocks away). or go to the drug store (3 blocks away).

I don't go out otherwise and nobody comes to visit. I don't need the cell phone when there's one within arm's reach 98% of the time.

[tombastep]

I don't understand what you guys are paranoid about.

I don't think it is that, just that people for some reason like to "brag" that they don't have a cell phone.

[Str8Top14701]

555-5555, or better - stay the fuck off Facebook.

[freefall]

I don't know...whether Google or other mail-based website asks for my number, I just open a new tab and directly go to my mail. That and bookmarking my browser to remember my password.

Again, unless your password contains two misplaced capital letters, a bunch of Romanian numbers, a hieroglyph, and several outdated runes, or you very seldom open your e-mail (like once every millenium), or it's very long that it covers the distance between Earth and Neptune, forgetting passwords are kind of out of question. Passwords are supposed to be hard to be guessed, not hard to be memorised.

[Just_Believe18]

Just keep saying no. They can't force you to give out any additional information than you're willing to.

[MTLDude]

So when you guys need to get hold of someone do you just walk outside the cave you live in and SHOUT REALLY LOUD?

I was going to answer you, but gsdx beat me to it:

Yes. As a matter of fact, I do. Now, if you will excuse me, it's time for me to feed my T-Rex.

Did it ever occur to you that I don't need one because I don't call anyone and nobody calls me? My land line is good enough for me. A cell phone would be a complete waste of my time and money.

Thank you very much.

[cgymike]

Don't use gmail never will. Hotmail yahoo is enough. No advantage to gmail.

[Axxess]

So when you guys need to get hold of someone do you just walk outside the cave you live in and SHOUT REALLY LOUD?

Don't be barbaric.




Youtube and my email have been asking me for my phone number for a couple of years now. I always just click "not now" to move on to the next page and then forget about it.

[Paws]

Hint: If you have an android phone, they already have your cell number.

It's still possible to use Android in a crippled form by not registering for a Google account.

[gsdx]

I don't think it is that, just that people for some reason like to "brag" that they don't have a cell phone.

And why would we want to "brag" about something that we will be mocked and ridiculed about? It's just a fact. It's not even an opinion. Some of us simply do not want or do not need a cell phone. I will not be bullied into living your lifestyle with a cell phone just because you think it's superior to mine without one.

[Benjoe]

Yes. As a matter of fact, I do. Now, if you will excuse me, it's time for me to feed my T-Rex.

Did it ever occur to you that I don't need one because I don't call anyone and nobody calls me? My land line is good enough for me. A cell phone would be a complete waste of my time and money.

Thank you very much.

I was only teasing I hope I didn't come off as too rude

Personally i've pretty much abandoned my land line because of spam sales calls and just use a mobile now, it's so much easier.

[JustMe5]

Apparently it's not just "friggin Google" that wants your cell number now. Look at what popped up when I signed in to my Yahoo email account.

[LeicsDom]

They sign you out on occasion, and when you sign back in they try to scare you by saying that if you forget your password you won't be able to access your account. Then they ask for your number and you have to look around to find out how to proceed without entering it, and then they ark are you sure. They already have enough shit compiled about me and prolly know my number, but i'm not confirming it for them. Plus you can add an alternate email and a secret question and answer.

Microsoft does that on Messenger Live as well