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GMAIL now requiring mobile phone to signup!
 

Ok so I'm doing my usual thing to create more stealth accounts and when I go to signup a new Gmail account they now require a mobile phone with text messaging so they can send you an activation code. Well sh!t, I don't have a mobile phone. Also I read that they will keep your # on file and limit the amount of Gmail accounts you can have. This sucks... what's another good alternative to Gmail? I need POP and would prefer images disabled by default or at least an option to.

Yeah gmail is becomeing pethic! i would never give any email provieder my cell phone # just so i can get a account that is stupid and my money bets they sale those #s to 3rd party telemarkerters.

yesterday i register 2 gmail account using one mobile number. hahaha...

I just registered a gmail account 2 minutes ago and was not asked for a mobile number??? Where is it asking you this?

^^^^^^

I just checked also and easily got a new email without any phone verification, maybe a new measure for non U.S. email accounts?

That's what I figured but Doughboykilla replied like it happened to him to, so I was confused. Doughboy, did it ask you for a mobile number also?

yeah it did today some times it dose and sometimes it dont i dont know what trigers it as i change ips and clear cookies.

just tried it again and it worked. next time it dose it i will get a screen shot of it and post it here.

Hmm.. Maybe they are trying to stop people from registering multiple accounts? jtaverner76, had you cleared your cookies, flash cookies, and changed your ip before you tried to create the gmail account?

Yahoo is trying to do the same thing now....I have to keep closing the window. It says they want my mobile number in case I loose my account info....This is not a new accounts this is on yahoo accounts that are a 1yr plus old. This just started happening about a month ago I would say.

What the hell is going on with everything....it's like it's not ebay anymore.

It was only a matter of time..People creating thousands of gmail accounts and selling them and such is definatly not a good thing for google.The service was DEFINATLY being abused.

Very interesting! I wonder if it has anything to do with this: Google Grabs 1 Million Phone Numbers for Google Voice - Business Center - PC World

Google Voice is going to be launched pretty soon. Perhaps Google is just testing code before implementing it universally.

That Google Voice service is amazing. I've been using it in beta stage for over a year. The fact that it rings all of your phones at once means I Never miss a call. It has a lot of other really good features too. It should be out in just a few weeks for the general public.:thumb:

Cool story, bro. ;)

I have opened 5 new accts in the past 2 days.
2 required phone verification.
Not sure what triggers it.

I tried to signup twice and it asked me both times for a mobile #. This was on a new ip address with a newly created user account so my browser / flash cookies were empty. Perhaps it is a random spot check, or for non US signups (I am in Canada). I will try again later.

I have since then signed up to Hotmail / Live. Seems to be working fine, pop3 is offered. Images load by default and I couldn't find an option to disable image loading so I must check my mail only using my email client with images disabled. That's fine I guess. Anyone have a reason why I shouldn't use Hotmail? It is m$ after all...

What did you do about your secondary email? I made another gmail & did not get asked for a mobile Just wondering :peace:

wow that sucks - use AOL instead - its FREE and uses POP and people think that an @AOL is a paid service too so ebayers will give a little more trust

Yahoo to O My Jesus whats going on with these emails. Looks like we might have to resort to useing un popluare pop3 severics.

Every time I sign for gmail from home with cable broadband they don't ask for mobile verification but when I sign from dongle it always asks so I thought it's only for mobile broadband users

That is actually Very True!

I always give more credibility to a AOL email address verses yahoo or gmail.

I have created about 10 new Gmail accounts between last night and today and it didnt ask me to verify with # even once? Who knows?

jtaverner76 what kind of internet connection do you use? As much as I understand here in UK gmail asks phone verification if you are using dongle/mobile internet