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by Spivak 2241 days ago
You can't set up TOTP without giving Google a phone number?
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I'm not sure if Google allows using phone notifications first (another 2fa method) and then switching to TOTP, but TOTP isn't allowed as the first choice.
They support using phone numbers and then switching to TOTP and deleting the phone number.
So how does this avoid giving the number to Google?
It doesn't. I think they were just confirming this:

> I'm not sure if Google allows using phone notifications first (another 2fa method) and then switching to TOTP...