Invasive, data collecting, evil monopoly

[Yod12]

I just tried to log into my google account. Put email, password - as I've done for years. Captcha - three times, got a green checkmark. They emailed a 'verification code'. Got that. Then they want a phone number to text a 'verification code'. No! This is obvious invasive, sinister data collecting. Too many companies are doing this, but google is the worst. I don't have to jump through nearly as many hoops to get into major financial accounts.
There is a massive movement to boycott and have nothing at all to do with google. Join it.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Welcome to the club. This has been going on for years, but it is definitely getting worse. I have nothing to do with G@ggle, social media, nor most other things that young people find "hip." Never had a cell phone, and when this old 'puter dies, that is the end of it for me. TVs and appliances that "need" to hook up to wi-fi??? It is all too much for me. I am grateful there are still old-style message boards like this one. Life was good before all of this "fabulous" technology made our life so easy, and I think we would be better off trying to force that genie back into the bottle.