Re: Secret e-mail account

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>]

In article <dog_cow-1337618366@macgui.com>,
 dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:

> A2CPM wrote:
> > 
> > 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.

This may be a crucial insight. No challenge arose when I browsed 
private/incognito and declined to "Stay logged in."

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John B. Matthews
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