XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Alice J. schrieb am 2016-01-31 um 00:24:   
      
   > Jeff Liebermann wrote in message   
   > 691qabt17mkv70rlt250rp4g2aob9euge6@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> However, your situation is probably a special case.  Changing the   
   >> Google account name so many times on a single Android device probably   
   >> triggered some security alarms at Google.  I would certainly call that   
   >> "unusual activity".  I don't know what might happen, but Google is   
   >> probably interested in determining your identity and possibly   
   >> contacting you.   
   >   
   > I am very experienced in avoiding giving Google any phone number   
   > or ancillary email.   
   >   
   > It has been getting harder than ever in the past year.   
      
   Just don't use a standard Android device but something with CyanogenMod   
   or AOKP - then you don't have Google services at all. No Maps, no GMail,   
   no Play Store.   
      
   Or just don't log in to Google on the phone - this is not needed at all.   
      
   For apps you can use F-Droid as well (see ).   
      
   > I use VPN and Google really hates when you come in from multiple   
   > IP addresses. I also change my user agent string a lot (it's   
   > random, to avoid fingerprinting).   
      
   No, Google does not "hate" you. It's just a security measure not to   
   allow a login from many multiple adresses without an additional   
   authentication factor beside a username and password.   
      
   > So, at this point, in the last few months, it has been almost impossible   
   > to start a Gmail account without giving them a phone number. Sigh.   
      
   Then don't do it. What's the problem with that? What kind of Google   
   service do you need that bad, that you still log in there and not just   
   stop using Google services at all?   
      
      
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