Google Voice now requires PIN for voicemail?

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dhobi:
What happened? All of a sudden Google Voice requires me to enter my PIN when calling my GV voicemail from my OBI device, even though the setting in my account for Google Chat is "PIN not required (for added convenience)"

Rick:
Yup.  Old news.  Google change. Program phone to dial it.

dhobi:
Is this a permanent change from GV or just a temporary bug?

Rick:
Google made a change to cover a security gap and require pin.  Quite simple.

dhobi:
Quote from: Rick on January 29, 2013, 07:31:28 pm

Google made a change to cover a security gap and require pin.  Quite simple.


What's the security gap? The option is still there in the GV settings to require a PIN or not for Google Chat. I could see making it the default to require a PIN, but setting it to not require a PIN doesn't have any effect. So there's a bug somewhere, either they should remove the option from the preferences or make it work once again.

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