# Google forcing 2 step verification starting Oct 28

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-forcing-2-step-verification-starting-oct-28/973674 "2022-10-23T22:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-forcing-2-step-verification-starting-oct-28/973674/17 "2022-10-24T00:49:45Z")

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I recently lost a Google account I have had for multiple years. I had only accessed it from phones and tablets for around three years. Never had a problem adding a new device to it in the past. But a few weeks ago my then-current phone suddenly died. Bought a new one, tried to connect it to the same account, it demanded authorization using a phone number that I hadn’t used in years (and hadn’t thought to update) or signing in with another device. I tried two older retired phones that were already on the account, but got the same demand.

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