Burner Phone

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  Those phone/text verifications are part of 2-factor authentication, which is meant to combine something you know (password), with something you have (smartphone). That's why online text/phone is disallowed. When you go to do a password reset or something else risky, they want to be doubly certain it's you.

  Your client should really be in control of that second factor, from a security standpoint, but if you need to be managing things for them, and you don't want the hassel of coordinating with them, just buy a phone for them and let them know they're paying for the number. The key takeaway is that you need the number to remain active while you're using it to authenticate the account. I imagine burner phones get their numbers reassigned regularly, so maybe not a great option.

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  • ..or just ignore Google's prompts for a couple of years.detritus
  • same goes with a SIM, I think you've only got a number if you're paying for a plan.monNom
  • I think you can change you number once you have the account. so it's easier to tell the client to go in and change the number.dbloc
  • True, but if you're managing it, it might make your job easier to manage that phone as well.monNom
  • "it" being the account.monNom
  • they only allow 10 accounts per number.dbloc
  • we have never had to re-verify an account, ever.dbloc

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