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Oct 14, 2026 1:12 pm
Account creation for Google and YouTube has become completely excessive.
You are forced to scan a QR code with a smartphone.
But what about people who don't even own one?
But what about people who don't even own one?
This scan links directly to Google services and checks in the background if a phone number is registered.
This is a massive and unnecessary intrusion.
This is a massive and unnecessary intrusion.
The standard excuse that this is just to fend off spammers and bots doesn't hold water. Other services manage this with simple CAPTCHAs without interfering so deeply with your system.
Google doesn't give care about your privacy; otherwise, the company wouldn't interfere so massively with your hardware.
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