Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accounts

What happened

Google has made Android's phone-number verification opt-out, automatically verifying and associating a device's phone number with every Google account signed in on that phone, including secondary and work accounts. Android Authority reports: As spotted in a recent Reddit thread, users report receiv...

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1. 16:28
   First appeared on Hacker NewsHHacker News
2. 19:00
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