Email Providers Require a Second Email Address to Verify Account Access
After an authentication change, a 16-year-old Outlook account demands a secondary email to confirm identity even after phone, fingerprint and captcha steps, locking the owner out. Verification flows that assume the user already has another email create a circular barrier for people with a single address.
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