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by mehrdadn 3101 days ago
> I managed to successfully complete the (a) flow, but it was considered not enough, due to the different IP, and minor inaccuracy with the creation date.

That's exactly what I mean though. You didn't answer their questions correctly. It wasn't just due to your location/IP; you put in the wrong date. (It's quite funny/ironic that you are also answering my questions incorrectly and yet insisting otherwise. While I sympathize with you for the actual problem, it doesn't help anyone sympathize when they see facts being twisted!)

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> you put in the wrong date

There is no "wrong" or "right" date for Google. Google's support says to input whatever date you remember, Google will judge it as neither "true" or "false", but based on how close you are, and (this part is now speculation) combine that with other factors.

> There is no "wrong" or "right" date for Google. Google's support says to input whatever date you remember, Google will judge it as neither "true" or "false", but based on how close you are, and (this part is now speculation) combine that with other factors.

I'm sorry but you're not going to win over anybody like this. They asked you for a date, they potentially gave you some leeway for error (or not), and you gave the wrong date. Evidently your error was too high for them to overlook. You could argue they asked a bad question or should have given more leeway, and people might actually sympathize with you there, but relying instead on pedantry like this does not help.