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Out of curiosity, how do think about the prospect of being arbitrarily locked out of your account if you’re mainly using cloud-first software? (E.g., you can f
by robenkleene 6y ago
Out of curiosity, how do think about the prospect of being arbitrarily locked out of your account if you’re mainly using cloud-first software?
(E.g., you can find example horror stories here on Hacker News: https://www.google.com/search?q=locked+out+of+gsuite+site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+&t=ipad&ia=web https://www.google.com/search?q=locked+out+of+gsuite+site%3A...)
- CPUstring 6y agoOne of those stories is having a bad password memory. One is a person conducting business on his personal account and triggering flags. Another is a business messing up. It's a good habit to keep multiple interlocking personal email accounts from multiple providers, but being cloud-first is still obviously correct.
- robenkleene 6y agoWhat does "multiple interlocking personal email accounts from multiple providers" mean? Just to be clear, regarding the "being cloud-first is still obviously correct", your stance is that it's ok for your access to your life's work being at the discretion a company? (Presumably one you trust.) Not saying you're wrong here, just curious how people who are all-in on the cloud think about this.