Ask HN: How can I disable all Security alerts for my Google Account?

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IE: I don't ever want for anyone to be blocked from login into my Google account. Because most of the time, I am the one being blocked. I get something like this: "Sign-in attempt was blocked for your linked Google Account".

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https://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2018/4/25/beware-...

mine are not fake, I can see it from Google's own domain (https://myaccount.google.com/) ... I just don't see any option to disable that "feature"/bug

I dont really use g00gle products, and im not standing at your console to see exactly what happens, so im going to take a stab it in the dark.

Perhaps G00gle has blacklisted a known hostile bot or wormed machine, and thats what is being blocked? if something had a mission to spread far and wide, an open promiscuous account would be a good vector to exploit.

It could possibly be a spoof, so when you log in to see what happened your password gets snarfed

I think Google just doesn't like that I don't use their app to access my email (I use a 3rd party client)

i have a feeling that would be it. the client probably looks like a bot, or does not provide identifiers that g00gle uses other than login and password.

somewhere i read in google documentation that you cannot. you'll have to setup a local solution (ex mail filter rule)

not sure how a local rule would help since they prevent me from login into my account (when using a mail client app on my android phone)

oh i see; i get security alerts from unknown devices even though it still allows me to login. just noticed your case was different.

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