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Can you at least give me an option to ask what is wrong?

Just trying to log in my old gmail account with correct email and password and they ask me to verify my old phone number and the date I created that account.

Without this information, the account is completely lost forever. Thank you Google!

What can I do?

In the future, I think we will need to make a full background check like when you apply for a credit card to use any service. What do you think?

I'm a bit worried about this and what can we do to mitigate this problem?

Another problem is that this data will eventually get leaked (see quora today https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18594564 ), so your real identity will be linked to everything you do online forever.

Why is it bad? You might lose a job, you might get lower credit score or you might even get more limited in life (can't buy flights, high-speed trains, hotels or travel freely...) ... just because you posted something that is not conventional or similar.

gmail is crazy slow. Facebook has some weird bugs all the time.

What is going on with these companies?