Re: Secret e-mail account

[dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)]

A2CPM wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On May 21, 12:47 am, Jerry <awande...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> I think the issue is once you've logged in with the password, you cannot
>> get further due to the security question...  I just tried it.
> 
>     I did see a challenge after entering the password, which was new
> to me.  BUT, the word to be entered WAS displayed for me.  So, we have
> a mystery as to why some individuals are not having the word to be
> entered displayed for them. 

Google wants to make sure that only the "owner" of the account gets access.
Google tries to figure out who is the owner, and who is not. They main way
that it's done is by examining the browser user-agent as well as the IP
numbers of everyone who accesses the account.

Since we all access this account from different browsers and IP addresses,
it really throws off Google's system.

Therefore, some people are getting the extra challenge because Google has
suspicion about them, but others aren't.

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