charlesatlas

Apple should buy Amblin.

I can just see it now. Applecoin. Like Bitcoin, but done right.

Dsilverman said:

That's the whole "appropriately configured" part. The writer of the story didn't know, but it means you need to have registered a mobile phone number with your Google account. If you haven't, you won't be required to do 2FA. 

That's absolutely untrue. As I already wrote, I've never linked my phone number to any of my Gmail accounts, yet some of them are demanding a number for verification.

I've already been locked out of several old Gmail accounts in the last couple of years. Google would demand I confirm my identity, which I did by answering my security questions (back when accounts had them), but they then demanded I enter my phone number for verification, and I know for undeniable fact that I have never linked my phone number to any Gmail account. Guess I'll lose a few more accounts now.

I saw the original movie back in the 80s and was bored stiff. No, thanks.