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One Phone, Several Accounts, a Newly Busy Number
· New York time
Google has made Android phone-number verification opt-out, automatically associating a device's number with every Google account signed in on it, including secondary and work accounts. That makes separation a settings question rather than simply a matter of choosing different account names. People may maintain several identities because their roles have different purposes, even when they share one device. Convenience can be useful while still deserving a visible control. A phone number is an identifier, not an enthusiastic conference attendee instructed to introduce itself to every account at the party.
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