Could you elaborate a bit on this? After this discussion I went ahead and tried to create another anonymous gmail account and ran into the "requires SMS" hitch as discussed (and there is no option that I can see to bypass this via other means as others have described)
I have no idea what @your_adb_name_here refers to. What is an ADB name? Do you just make something up from thin air? How about an example? On Tuesday, April 05, 2011 04:21:32 am Aaron wrote: > If you must have GMail, I've noticed that accounts created on android > devices are not subject to these checks. And yes, even when using Tor > via Orbot. > > You don't have an android phone? The following works too: > > 1. Install the android sdk/emulator and create an avd. I tested with > API 8 (android 2.2) + google apis > 2. launch the emulator: emulator -http-proxy http://127.0.0.1:8118 > @your_adb_name_here (the proxy settings in the gui did *not* work for > me) > 3. verify tor is working via http://check.torproject.org > 4. navigate through settings->accounts&sync->add account->google->create > 5. solve captcha > 6. profit > > --Aaron > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:52 PM, grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> >Google requires you to be able to receive a text message or phone call to > >>> >use a GMail account over Tor. > >>> 1st I've heard they REQUIRE a phone # to use Gmail over Tor. Anyone > >>> else aware this is the only way? > > > > First I've heard that they require SMS to *USE* gmail. > > However, SMS has been required for quite some time now > > to *CREATE* a new gmail account. There was a thread a > > few months back regarding creation. And to date, I've not > > been able to create a new gmail account without SMS from > > any exit anywhere on the planet. Nor from any residential > > DHCP pool I have access to. > > > >>> I'd bet, from the Google message about "unusual activity," it was > >>> because the exit node wasn't in the same country I used when created > > > > Yeah, they like to pop up red warning banners for avid travelers. > > I just hit dismiss, no SMS junk required. > > > >> In once case, it happened while I was using a pseudonym to contibute > >> to another open source project and ask questions on a mailinglist. > > > > I've never had any problems sending any message anywhere, at all. > > Only with new account creation. And the occaisional dismissed nag > > notice. > > > >> clicked through the help links and filled out some form explaining my > >> desire for strong pseudonymity, and they lifted the block without a > >> cell #. > > > > When I try creating a new account, without providing an SMS or > > other number, there is a form to fill out. I pick "don't have phone" or > > "don't want to give number" and explain the same. They ignore it. > > And if I recall, the account is left in a locked state. And since, rightly, > > no secondary address was provided, they can't reach me anyways. > > And any cool account name you came up with dies locked with it too. > > > > No offense to the list, but fuck google. With all their supposed > > brain power you'd think they could come up with something > > a little less brutal than a sledgehammer. Then again, I don't > > blame them... the GECOS, user, pass, contact, recovery, > > and mail content is certainly worth many millions more when > > combined with a phone number. Pigs. > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-talk mailing list > > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > -- Economics is not practised as a science. Rather, it is a pretentious way to covertly promote political prejudices. - Fred Harrison _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
