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[jcfrei]

Thanks. I think I'll remove my phone number as a backup option.

[geofft → jcfrei]

Google periodically prompts me on login to add my cell phone number to increase my account's security.

I think someone confused about what "increase" means.

(And this is all the more surprising because in general I see all sorts of parts of Google making great end-user security decisions.)

[Buge → geofft]

It probably increases security for the average user, but decreases it for a targeted user.