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This was the biggest eye opener for me, I used to think having a recovery email address would be enough to rescue my account. It turns out Google goes full on "
by cube00 5y ago
This was the biggest eye opener for me, I used to think having a recovery email address would be enough to rescue my account. It turns out Google goes full on "spy vs spy" and can assume your recovery account is also compromised if it's secret algorithm decrees it so. It was such a relief to start the de Google journey and gain (some) control back.
- Guest42 5y agoThis prompted me to make a plan to start deleting my gmail accounts today and shift to a new service. It felt pretty cathartic. For whatever reason, I could never unsubscribe myself from quora no matter how many times I tried.
- cube00 5y agoI've started this process and it's surprising to see the number of services that won't let you change your email address without signing up for a brand new account. You probably know this already but if you're making the effort to do this you absolutely must purchase a domain name that you own, it's the only way to make sure you'll never have go through this process ever again.