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* Ancestry DNA accessGeoff
+* Re: Ancestry DNA accessknuttle
|`* Re: Ancestry DNA accessCharles Ellson
| `- Re: Ancestry DNA accessGeoff
`- Re: Ancestry DNA accessjohn

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From: onlyme...@btinternet.com (Geoff)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.britain
Subject: Ancestry DNA access
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:14:48 -0000 (UTC)
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 by: Geoff - Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:14 UTC

Has anyone else noticed this? I turned OFF the 2 step verfication in
Ancestry and it no longer asks for it when I start. However, if I then
try to access my DNA screen it asking for 2 step verification again.

But what is puzzling is that it asks if I want to use Text or Email, I
selected text and it asked for my phone number!!!! This means anyone
who wants to hack my account can enter their own telephone number and
get the access code. Surely it should only send the code to the phone
number it has on record. Have I missed something somewhere?
Geoff

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From: keith_nu...@yahoo.com (knuttle)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.britain
Subject: Re: Ancestry DNA access
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 by: knuttle - Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:58 UTC

On 02/16/2024 10:14 AM, Geoff wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed this? I turned OFF the 2 step verfication in
> Ancestry and it no longer asks for it when I start. However, if I then
> try to access my DNA screen it asking for 2 step verification again.
>
> But what is puzzling is that it asks if I want to use Text or Email, I
> selected text and it asked for my phone number!!!! This means anyone
> who wants to hack my account can enter their own telephone number and
> get the access code. Surely it should only send the code to the phone
> number it has on record. Have I missed something somewhere?
> GeoffI was quite frustrated when I heard of the two step. However I did it
once and have not had to do it again for DNA included.

It is my understanding that if I delete the Ancestry cookies I will have
to do it again.

I agree that asking for the telephone number to text the code for the
two step verification is counter to what they are trying to do.

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From: charlese...@btinternet.com (Charles Ellson)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.britain
Subject: Re: Ancestry DNA access
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 by: Charles Ellson - Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:20 UTC

On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:58:39 -0500, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 02/16/2024 10:14 AM, Geoff wrote:
>> Has anyone else noticed this? I turned OFF the 2 step verfication in
>> Ancestry and it no longer asks for it when I start. However, if I then
>> try to access my DNA screen it asking for 2 step verification again.
>>
>> But what is puzzling is that it asks if I want to use Text or Email, I
>> selected text and it asked for my phone number!!!! This means anyone
>> who wants to hack my account can enter their own telephone number and
>> get the access code. Surely it should only send the code to the phone
>> number it has on record. Have I missed something somewhere?
>> GeoffI was quite frustrated when I heard of the two step. However I did it
>once and have not had to do it again for DNA included.
>
>It is my understanding that if I delete the Ancestry cookies I will have
>to do it again.
>
>I agree that asking for the telephone number to text the code for the
>two step verification is counter to what they are trying to do.
>
Has anyone tried a "wrong" number to see what happens ?

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From: joh...@s145802280.onlinehome.fr (john)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.britain
Subject: Re: Ancestry DNA access
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 by: john - Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:26 UTC

On 16/02/2024 16:14, Geoff wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed this? I turned OFF the 2 step verfication in
> Ancestry and it no longer asks for it when I start. However, if I then
> try to access my DNA screen it asking for 2 step verification again.
>
> But what is puzzling is that it asks if I want to use Text or Email, I
> selected text and it asked for my phone number!!!! This means anyone
> who wants to hack my account can enter their own telephone number and
> get the access code. Surely it should only send the code to the phone
> number it has on record. Have I missed something somewhere?
> Geoff

If you go to your Ancestry Account Settings | Communications there is an
entry for the DNA activation phone number which was provided at the time
of the original test. Perhaps they use that number?

But once you have normal password access to the Ancestry account it
seems you can change that phone number (but only to a UK, Australia,
Canada or USA number)

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From: onlyme...@btinternet.com (Geoff)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.britain
Subject: Re: Ancestry DNA access
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 09:47:45 -0000 (UTC)
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 by: Geoff - Sat, 17 Feb 2024 09:47 UTC

Charles Ellson wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:58:39 -0500, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 02/16/2024 10:14 AM, Geoff wrote:
> >> Has anyone else noticed this? I turned OFF the 2 step verfication
> in >> Ancestry and it no longer asks for it when I start. However,
> if I then >> try to access my DNA screen it asking for 2 step
> verification again. >>
> >> But what is puzzling is that it asks if I want to use Text or
> Email, I >> selected text and it asked for my phone number!!!!
> This means anyone >> who wants to hack my account can enter their own
> telephone number and >> get the access code. Surely it should only
> send the code to the phone >> number it has on record. Have I missed
> something somewhere? >> GeoffI was quite frustrated when I heard of
> the two step. However I did it
> > once and have not had to do it again for DNA included.
> >
> > It is my understanding that if I delete the Ancestry cookies I will
> > have to do it again.
> >
> > I agree that asking for the telephone number to text the code for
> > the two step verification is counter to what they are trying to do.
> >
> Has anyone tried a "wrong" number to see what happens ?

On looking into it further, whether you enter a "wrong" number or the
correct one, they then ask for your password or will send it to the
email adrress which is on record. So they have covered it either way,
you already need to know the passsword or you won't see the email.

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