Remove location detection

Jacob Universe
So...This is a request I plan to make, and really hope it can get traction. I think the 'New location detected' Feature should be removed. I haven't been able to access my gmail account sense I moved a little over a year ago, it's been so long sense I've had it...Sense I've been able to contact alot of my friends and such. And it's driving me crazy. What's more, is that looking it up, on here and on other sites across the internet people have expressed frustration at the System and numerous ways it made things hard for them And overall, is it really...worth it? Security is important, but the Location feature is only for a very specific scenario, when someone is able to both know someone's password and there gmail. Is it truly worth causing all these other problems for this one specfic, possibly rare scenario? Especially as it may be rendered moot soon anyways. I heard a trait of recent hackers is changing the Gmail to one of there own. Please...This has caused me endless frustration, and it seems to be causing frustration to others as well.
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  • Athena was here

    "Security is important, but the Location feature is only for a very specific scenario, when someone is able to both know someone's password and there gmail."

    Yes, yes it is.

    Reason: Because humans tend to use the same passwords over and over again, another thing is that account breaches can happen with a recent one being Epik.

    Most people are not security experts nor do they have any interest in security, hence they may not be aware of what a password manager might be, or how you should not use passwords that you've used before on another system or service.

    What could be done to reduce to frustration is to disable the feature if you have 2FA enabled (with an authentication app and not via email) as it would mean that the person entering would actually be you.

    TLDR: Yes otherwise accounts will be compromised like no tomorrow.

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  • Jacob Universe

    Maybe just have the location thing as an 'Optional' Feature?

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