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Most of Google's "safety" features are somewhat evil in some way. I don't want any of them, but some of them can't be disabled (like the one that can lock you
by Triv888 6y ago
Most of Google's "safety" features are somewhat evil in some way. I don't want any of them, but some of them can't be disabled (like the one that can lock you out of your account even if you have the correct password).
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 6y agoWhich one is that.
- Triv888 6y agoSometime Google doesn't recognize your device and then your password is not enough... even if you have second-factor authentication disabled. So if you don't have a second form of contact like another phone number or another email for recovery, then you are fucked. Sometime they even ask you for a previous password for recovery, so if you use a password manager that doesn't keep history, you might also be fucked.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 6y agoIs this only when using MFA. Sometimes, without MFA enabled, if you just change the user-agent header they send an email that they have detected a "new device". What if you just exported all mail each day, maybe this could be automated, then in the event of a lockout at least you have all of the stored mail.
- Triv888 6y agoI don't use MFA. Also, I have my emails backed up, but that doesn't help for authentication/recovery with other services/external accounts that were created using that Gmail account... Maybe I need to host my own but that comes with a plethora of other problems.