[defrost]

I currently have three actively used gmail accounts that all date from the initial "word of mouth" referral from another user days. I once had many gmail accounts that I spun up for a project mapping spam to disposable accounts, etc.

Not one of these emails ever had a phone number attached. The current gmail accounts I use also have no phone number associated, whenever I'm asked to attach a phone number for recovery or security I decline.

As none of these were ever signed up from a phone number there's no phone number to lose, in the event of a security challenge I verify from an associated gmail account.

There's little to no trace of my birth certificate name, phone number, actual address of my house, etc. on the internet .. the few people who do push through on that kind of back tracking invariably end up with a relative or a different but similar West Australian.