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#16 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2023
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I did not fill the first dialog but just mostly looked at it; and I see what you mean. To find more fully what would happen, I have not pushed ahead there to find out. I recently setup a Yahoo account and did give a mobile number. |
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#17 |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 534
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I opened two Yahoo accounts as among the first I had. Then they locked up my account unless I provided a cell phone, and I never went back.
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#18 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2023
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If you have an android (or iOS?) smartphone, not yet activated BUT setup, would the Yahoo app allow you to create a Yahoo account without requiring a phone number? |
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#19 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 287
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You can create a Yahoo account without phone number (to use, for example, with Yahoo Finance) using an external (non-Yahoo) email. You can't get new Yahoo email address without providing a mobile phone number.
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#20 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: USA
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#21 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: USA
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It does not work as expected. You can create a Yahoo account using an external (non-Yahoo) email address and to use it with, for example, Yahoo Finance, but you can't get new Yahoo email address without providing a cell phone number.
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#22 |
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Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 135
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I believe you, now after trying some web searches on this.
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#23 |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 534
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I had two accounts that were among my first.
Then they demanded a cell phone, and I abandoned them. |
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#24 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 287
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1. Get a burner cell phone number. You can even use your main phone, it will not be a huge issue. 2. Add this number to your Yahoo account 3. Add recovery email (for password recovery) 4. Enable 2FA using TOTP (Google Authenticator, Aegis etc.) 5. Now you can remove your phone number from your Yahoo account using this URL https://login.yahoo.com/myaccount/security |
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#25 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 135
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From @RFK,
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#26 |
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Location: USA
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#27 | |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 534
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The problem is that some of these sites keep pinging you to re-confirm. Hotmail drives me crazy with this. |
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#28 |
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Location: USA
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