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owning your domain and having control of a domain through a trusted registrar is better than relying on the worlds largest advertising company to manage your di
by propogandist 6y ago
owning your domain and having control of a domain through a trusted registrar is better than relying on the worlds largest advertising company to manage your digital identity (email), which is offered as a free service, that's subject to a catch-all ToS.
- gowld 6y agoThe article is literally about a user who was attacked because Twitter, Facebook ad GoDaddy have bad security, while his Google account was safe.
- propogandist 6y agoAn isolated fail in 2014 by one vendor, primarily due to poor support processes, is not a convincing argument to keep all digital identities in Google's possession. There's also the risk of Google shutting down your account because you do something they don't like. This will lead to a similiar outcome and you won't have any recourse.
- andrepd 6y agoI think that GP's point is that "safe" is a tricky word to use when your data is in the custody of the world's largest non-governmental surveillance network with a a catch-all TOS.
- StavrosK 6y agoGoogle Domains exists.