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One bad thing about google fi is if you forget the google account password & email that you associate with the phone number and don't have a 'backup email' for

by novok 6y ago

One bad thing about google fi is if you forget the google account password & email that you associate with the phone number and don't have a 'backup email' for it, it's near impossible to close the account or similar and have it stop charging your credit card until you do a chargeback. Which also means random people can charge your credit card on a subscription. Google support cannot do anything on their end to get google to stop charging your credit card, and you have to do a chargeback on your side as a result.

livueta 6y ago
The flipside of being screwed if you get locked out of your Google account is that, AFAICT, you're a lot less likely to get sim-swapped by some social-engineered carrier grunt. I have a Google account specifically for Fi, as uncorrelated as possible with any other Google accounts, enrolled in advanced protection, the idea being that I'm unlikely enough to lose access to the account that the additional security of _not_having a "come show us your ID in the shop" backdoor is a feature.
rawtxapp 6y ago
For these kinds of subscriptions, I just use privacy's virtual credit cards, makes it very easy to stop recurring payments if the company makes it a pita to cancel.
- Androider 6y ago
  That sounds like a great way to get your entire Google Account permanently banned with no appeal.
  - rawtxapp 6y ago
    Credit cards expire or are cancelled all the time.
    - NoSorryCannot 6y ago
      Because normal mobile plans are usually billed after services are rendered, they will send you to collections if you stop paying, whatever the reason. So doing this neatly will require a little more work than just voiding the card on file.
acrispino 6y ago
It seems hazardous to rely on Google for such an important service https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18886804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18886804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19956090 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19956090

by novok 6y ago

livueta 6y ago

The flipside of being screwed if you get locked out of your Google account is that, AFAICT, you're a lot less likely to get sim-swapped by some social-engineered carrier grunt. I have a Google account specifically for Fi, as uncorrelated as possible with any other Google accounts, enrolled in advanced protection, the idea being that I'm unlikely enough to lose access to the account that the additional security of _not_having a "come show us your ID in the shop" backdoor is a feature.

rawtxapp 6y ago

For these kinds of subscriptions, I just use privacy's virtual credit cards, makes it very easy to stop recurring payments if the company makes it a pita to cancel.

Androider 6y ago
That sounds like a great way to get your entire Google Account permanently banned with no appeal.
- rawtxapp 6y ago
  Credit cards expire or are cancelled all the time.
  - NoSorryCannot 6y ago
    Because normal mobile plans are usually billed after services are rendered, they will send you to collections if you stop paying, whatever the reason. So doing this neatly will require a little more work than just voiding the card on file.

acrispino 6y ago

It seems hazardous to rely on Google for such an important service https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18886804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18886804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19956090 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19956090