this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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Dumb take. All it's warning you is that without those, you won't have a way to recover your account it you lose your password or if it's hacked and someone changes it.
Actually I had to let go of an email because Google wouldn’t let me login without giving my number or alternative email