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Old Jul 20, 2015 | 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
So basically Marriott is asking you to provide a phone number and email to get ready for their new authentication. Presumably if you already have that and you'r e happy with it there should be no problem.

Fwiw - I thought Marriott was going to ask for a stronger password. If hackers can already access my account, they'd already have my email and phone number.
There's a major difference between someone having (knowing) my phone # or email address, and them being able to read texts sent to them.
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