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   >  MP> This isn't a conspiracy but a security feature that prevents others from   
   >  MP> accessing your email account.  In the case of google, I don't remember   
   >  MP> for sure, but the "Try another way" probably only works if you have set   
   >  MP> up another verification contact method for your gmail account.  If you   
   >  MP> only gave it a phone number to text you at, there are no "another ways"   
   >  MP> left for it to try.   
      
   > I checked my google settings (security section) and 2-step verification is   
   > turned off, and I have a "recovery email" address listed, but the "Try   
   another   
   > way" button didn't offer to contact me via my recovery email address.   
      
   This is something different that 2-factor.  In my case, if I try to access   
   my accounts from my PC and the browser is in a private/incognito window,   
   google will ask me to verify via an app on my phone (youtube, for example).   
    IIRC, Facebook does the same thing.   
      
   It is because google/FB/etc. doesn't recognize the device you are trying to   
   access your account from (private/incognito browsers, in my case, always   
   use a different device ID) and wants to know it is you.  My 2-factor is   
   also turned off for some of the services, but this will still happen if I try   
   to access the account via an unknown device.   
      
   If you have also linked your spouse's phone number to your account, I   
   wonder if it would give you the option to have the code forwarded to her   
   phone?   
      
   > 2-factor verification is turned off, and Google does NOT make me use 2-factor   
   > verification when I access my account through my phone or my PC, but the   
   > malfunction only occurs when I try to access my account from someone else's   
   > phone.   
      
   It doesn't make me use it if I try to access YT or Gmail from my PC (so   
   long as I am using the same PC and also not a private session).  It is the   
   unrecognized device... phone, PC, tablet, or otherwise... that is   
   triggering this feature.   
      
      
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