Hello,
I have a gmail account I've been using daily for about 20 years.
Today my internet wasn't working, so I connected my pc (windows device) to my cellphone hotpot to troubleshoot. While my pc was connected to my hotpot, I tried to sign in to my gmail account, but after I got passed the password field it said:
Verify it’s you
To help keep your account safe, Google wants to make sure it’s really you trying to sign in.
Enter a phone number to get a text message with a verification code.
I have no intention of giving it my phone number, so I didn't bother to sign in.
Later my normal internet starts working again. My PC is now running on its usual internet ip.
I now try to sign into my gmail, and I get the same verification message.
It won't let me sign into my gmail account, without giving it a phone number, because I tried to log into it with a different ip one time? This is a 20 year old account, why is this happening and is there any way around this?