digitalmars.D - [OT] Nick's being an ass again (ok, *way* OT)
- Nick Sabalausky (21/21) Oct 08 2011 1. Try to go to TortoiseGit message board. It happens to be hosted by
- Vladimir Panteleev (19/20) Oct 08 2011 I believe the reason why Google has started requiring phone numbers was ...
- Nick Sabalausky (6/24) Oct 08 2011 I do actually (my domain's contact/technical/billing/etc. address, since...
- Vladimir Panteleev (6/7) Oct 08 2011 At the bottom of the sidebar on the left, there should be an "Invite a
- Nick Sabalausky (8/12) Oct 08 2011 Oh, you mean through the web interface? I probably won't bother then. I
- Vladimir Panteleev (5/12) Oct 08 2011 Sent :)
- Nick Sabalausky (3/12) Oct 08 2011 Thanks :)
- Nick Sabalausky (4/19) Oct 08 2011 Meh, it's still demanding my phone number. Oh well, screw it. Thanks any...
- Steve Teale (4/4) Oct 08 2011 Nick,
- Vladimir Panteleev (7/9) Oct 08 2011 I think the point is that Google will text you with a validation code,
1. Try to go to TortoiseGit message board. It happens to be hosted by "Google Groups". Won't let me see a damn thing without loggin in. Whatever, just so happens that *this* time I did need to post too, not just browse. 2. Login. 3. My account is disabled due to "Unusual Activity". Uhh, what? Whatever, it's just a throwaway account. 4. No, Google, I'm not giving you data miners my phone number. Go fuck yourselves. 5. Click "contact support for further assistance". 6. Fill in form and submit. 7. "Sorry, we weren't able to submit your information. Please try again." 8. Of course. Fuck it. Create new account. 9. Fill out form and submit. 10. "Verify your account. Give us your phone number." 11. Suck my nutsack. Far from the first time this shit's happened with Google. Never have any such probelms with anything else. And I'm supposed to believe the people who claim Google isn't a bunch of Orwellian fuckups with their heads up their asses? Seriously, fuck Google. MS were much better overlords. (I was nice enough to properly label it [OT] at least! That counts for something, right? ;) )
Oct 08 2011
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:56:34 +0300, Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> wrote:[snip rant]I believe the reason why Google has started requiring phone numbers was to curb usage of its free services by spammers. Captchas aren't cutting it any more, when you can get people in developing countries to solve thousands of captchas for a few dollars. I've recently started getting spam from random people who have e-mailed me in the past. I guess spammers have intensified efforts to hack into peoples' mail accounts, which Gmail's spam filter trusts, and start sending spam from them. Perhaps that's what happened in your case? If you have a Gmail account you have access to, you can send yourself an invite. I believe that bypasses phone validation, since it establishes a trust relationship between the two accounts. Alternatively you could post a non-Gmail address here, and me or someone else could send you an invite. By the way, if you think it you got it hard - Google requires the same phone number validation for my country, and yet does not support phone validation for my country. No Gmail for Moldova :( -- Best regards, Vladimir mailto:vladimir thecybershadow.net
Oct 08 2011
"Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir thecybershadow.net> wrote in message news:op.v215o1z3tuzx1w cybershadow.mshome.net...On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:56:34 +0300, Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> wrote:I do actually (my domain's contact/technical/billing/etc. address, since it obviously wouldn't be very helpful to have that on my domain ;) ). How do I send an invite?[snip rant]I believe the reason why Google has started requiring phone numbers was to curb usage of its free services by spammers. Captchas aren't cutting it any more, when you can get people in developing countries to solve thousands of captchas for a few dollars. I've recently started getting spam from random people who have e-mailed me in the past. I guess spammers have intensified efforts to hack into peoples' mail accounts, which Gmail's spam filter trusts, and start sending spam from them. Perhaps that's what happened in your case? If you have a Gmail account you have access to, you can send yourself an invite. I believe that bypasses phone validation, since it establishes a trust relationship between the two accounts.Alternatively you could post a non-Gmail address here, and me or someone else could send you an invite. By the way, if you think it you got it hard - Google requires the same phone number validation for my country, and yet does not support phone validation for my country. No Gmail for Moldova :(Ouch!
Oct 08 2011
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:27:46 +0300, Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> wrote:How do I send an invite?At the bottom of the sidebar on the left, there should be an "Invite a friend" section. -- Best regards, Vladimir mailto:vladimir thecybershadow.net
Oct 08 2011
"Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir thecybershadow.net> wrote in message news:op.v216hhvctuzx1w cybershadow.mshome.net...On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:27:46 +0300, Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> wrote:Oh, you mean through the web interface? I probably won't bother then. I don't want to tempt fate and end up with my domain's technical contact address getting messed up. If you're willing though, you could send an invite to the mailinator address of, say, fhqffmknopnz (I don't really want to attach a throwaway (or otherwise) gmail address to one of my real addresses.)How do I send an invite?At the bottom of the sidebar on the left, there should be an "Invite a friend" section.
Oct 08 2011
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:22:26 +0300, Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> wrote:Oh, you mean through the web interface? I probably won't bother then. I don't want to tempt fate and end up with my domain's technical contact address getting messed up. If you're willing though, you could send an invite to the mailinator address of, say, fhqffmknopnz (I don't really want to attach a throwaway (or otherwise) gmail address to one of my real addresses.)Sent :) -- Best regards, Vladimir mailto:vladimir thecybershadow.net
Oct 08 2011
"Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir thecybershadow.net> wrote in message news:op.v22aeznvtuzx1w cybershadow.mshome.net...On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:22:26 +0300, Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> wrote:Thanks :)Oh, you mean through the web interface? I probably won't bother then. I don't want to tempt fate and end up with my domain's technical contact address getting messed up. If you're willing though, you could send an invite to the mailinator address of, say, fhqffmknopnz (I don't really want to attach a throwaway (or otherwise) gmail address to one of my real addresses.)Sent :)
Oct 08 2011
"Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> "Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> wrote in message news:j6qvej$28d1$1 digitalmars.com..."Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir thecybershadow.net> wrote in message news:op.v22aeznvtuzx1w cybershadow.mshome.net...Meh, it's still demanding my phone number. Oh well, screw it. Thanks anyway, though.On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:22:26 +0300, Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> wrote:Thanks :)Oh, you mean through the web interface? I probably won't bother then. I don't want to tempt fate and end up with my domain's technical contact address getting messed up. If you're willing though, you could send an invite to the mailinator address of, say, fhqffmknopnz (I don't really want to attach a throwaway (or otherwise) gmail address to one of my real addresses.)Sent :)
Oct 08 2011
Nick, Just give them the phone number of an ex-girlfriend (or wife) - a bit like one of those 'revenge videos' ;=) Steve
Oct 08 2011
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:14:14 +0300, Steve Teale <steve.teale britseyeview.com> wrote:Just give them the phone number of an ex-girlfriend (or wife) - a bit like one of those 'revenge videos' ;=)I think the point is that Google will text you with a validation code, which you'll have to enter on your computer. -- Best regards, Vladimir mailto:vladimir thecybershadow.net
Oct 08 2011