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This problem has been discussed before, but I don't know the real
solution, if there is one. Because the Tor exit node (in my case) appears
to be in a diff country than one given to Gmail when opened the acct (or
the assumed country from my orig IP address), Google thinks it may be
someone trying to hack the acct. There may be settings users can change
in their acct to have Google (or other providers) to contact in a case
like this, other than sending your phone #, to verify your identity.
Don't think I'll be sending them my phone #. I've never seen this or
heard of them (or any site) asking users to send their phone #. Yes, I'm
sure I was on the real Gmail login page -
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth
When I set up my acct, I chose "security questions" for verification (or
at least if forget my password), but in this case, seems Google isn't
using that to verify I'm the real acct owner.
It might be possible to limit relays Tor uses to your country, but never
dealt w/ that. Others will know more than me.
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