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Here is an almost related story: I am in italy and was waiting for an email from the local Apple store to tell me my macbook's repair was complete. After 6 d

Here is an almost related story: I am in italy and was waiting for an email from the local Apple store to tell me my macbook's repair was complete. After 6 days waiting, I called the store. They said the computer had been ready for a few days. I checked the spam folder. Gmail had plopped the apple email into the spam folder. Gmail's reason was that the email was in a foreign language, Italian. Didn't matter that the previous 2 weeks all my google.com searches were done from Italy.

dredmorbius 11y ago
Google's killed access to various accounts of mine at different times for: 1. Accessing an account one time over Tor. Subsequent reconnect attempts from the same device I'd previously used, same IP, etc., failed. Took a couple of weeks to get back. 2. Accessing accounts from different IPs while travelling. Ultimately ending up at the same IP as one of the email accounts I'd previously corresponded heavily with. 3. Accessing accounts from new device(s). Old (Android) devices could access email but not Web-based account recovery tools. "Who are you" is the most expensive question in technology. No matter how you get it wrong, you're fucked. https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/3mo7l6/that_google_identity_thing_again_who_are_you_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/3mo7l6/that_go...
- georgenishimura 11y ago
  I was once disappointed not to hear back from a Google recruiter after an interview. Turns out it was in my Gmail spam folder. Along with any other @google.com address.