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|    knuttle to Geoff    |
|    Re: Ancestry DNA access    |
|    16 Feb 24 11:58:39    |
      From: keith_nuttle@yahoo.com              On 02/16/2024 10:14 AM, Geoff wrote:       > Has anyone else noticed this? I turned OFF the 2 step verfication in       > Ancestry and it no longer asks for it when I start. However, if I then       > try to access my DNA screen it asking for 2 step verification again.       >       > But what is puzzling is that it asks if I want to use Text or Email, I       > selected text and it asked for my phone number!!!! This means anyone       > who wants to hack my account can enter their own telephone number and       > get the access code. Surely it should only send the code to the phone       > number it has on record. Have I missed something somewhere?       > GeoffI was quite frustrated when I heard of the two step. However I did it       once and have not had to do it again for DNA included.              It is my understanding that if I delete the Ancestry cookies I will have       to do it again.              I agree that asking for the telephone number to text the code for the       two step verification is counter to what they are trying to do.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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