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		crotchfire on March 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google ordered to identify who watched certain You... You can't avoid it during account creation. So they still have the number.

chatmasta on March 29, 2024 [–]

I was able to avoid it, albeit two years ago, when signing up with Apple "Hide My Email." I never gave Google my phone number for that account.

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