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   Charles Ellson to All   
   Re: Ancestry DNA access   
   16 Feb 24 22:20:35   
   
   From: charlesellson@btinternet.com   
      
   On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:58:39 -0500, knuttle    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   >   
   Has anyone tried a "wrong" number to see what happens ?   
      
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