Nov 13, 2026, 1:58 AMEventually it locked me out of google on the backup phone for 48 hours because apparently I'm a security risk despite having entered the supposedly helpful security number that arrived in the text.
Which is fine, I'm sure it'll sort out. But I have a new phone on the way and I don't really want to end up going through all this again.
I'm also mightily pissed off with google and being a contrary apeth I am ready to tell them to get fucked and take my accounts elsewhere.
Nov 13, 2026, 2:01 AMSo my question is, is elsewhere any better?
Things I like about google: integrated stuff, password manager in chrome, generally pretty seamless and usually always works.
Things I don't like about google: as Joel put it - "cliques of security engineers that huff their own farts and convince themselves they are geniuses and know better than anyone else" who have created this endless labyrinth of security bollocks that is incomprehensible and actively unhelpful to normal people.
Nov 13, 2026, 2:02 AMOh, and the complete lack of any way to get support or give feedback can also suck 27 giant leprous donkey balls.
So yeah, if there's a similar system out there that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the face with a fork, I'm all ears.