I have just received an email from Google wherein they are asking for my physical address so that I can continue to use my Google Wallet account. This is strange since I have never used Google Wallet. What will happen if I don't supply the address?
I have no idea what Google Wallet is because I only use Gmail, Google App Engine API, Google Docs, and a Google account to sign into StackExchange websites.
What is the purpose of Google Wallet and what does it have to do with email, GAE API, Docs, and auto-signing in?
Best Answer
You say you use Google App Engine API. Does that also mean you've used Apps to buy a domain at some stage? If so, then your transaction went through Checkout, which has now turned into Wallet.
The last time I went into Wallet (to check that my credit card there was still valid, prior to a domain I'd purchased auto-renewing), I was asked to confirm my billing address.
While I understand the privacy concerns, it does seem reasonable that once we start doing financial transactions with the company, they do need to do a little more to identify us and tie us to bricks-and-mortar places.
That said, if I was you I wouldn't be clicking on a link in an unexpected, unsolicited email. But it's probably reasonable to go into Wallet and see if you need to have a creditcard registered there.