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This is largely true for myself as well. 1Password helps me and my family from going full in, but if I lost my gmail i would have a lot of problems. The recent

This is largely true for myself as well. 1Password helps me and my family from going full in, but if I lost my gmail i would have a lot of problems. The recent discussion of CP flagging wreaking havoc[0] has caused us to start evaluating because we do have young children and we do take pictures for healthcare providers. Feels like a ticking time bomb for us. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html#commentsContainer https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...

tjpnz 4y ago
The bastards even refused to restore access after the individuals involved were cleared by police. That part alone has made me start considering other options. No company should be allowed to wield that much power over a person.
- throwaway4good 4y ago
  I think they refused to right the case as there are many others and they don’t want to set the precedence of people getting anything out of challenging them.
- NoPicklez 4y ago
  Absolutely, this part frustrated me the most. People were saying well Google likely did that because they didn't want to admit they were wrong. From my point of view they didn't really do anything wrong. They flagged something that was suspicious, which is fine. Then relied on the authorities to clear any wrongdoing due to the nature of what they flagged. At that point they should have reinstated the account.
exodust 4y ago
Google stood by their decision even when the police cleared the man. Wow, that's hostile. Google's motto: Guilty until never. The software Dad probably should have known better than to assign Google the task of handling that type of image. But still, that he lost his account when valid explanation provided is unforgivable. I don't understand how people can ignore the big "eye" of Google and other tech giants, watching everything we do, treating everyone like a low-life suspect. Scanning our shit and forcing our content through a kind of twisted police line-up. I stopped using Google for anything personal years ago, but feel sorry for people caught up in their clumsy joke of a service.

tjpnz 4y ago

The bastards even refused to restore access after the individuals involved were cleared by police. That part alone has made me start considering other options. No company should be allowed to wield that much power over a person.

throwaway4good 4y ago
I think they refused to right the case as there are many others and they don’t want to set the precedence of people getting anything out of challenging them.
NoPicklez 4y ago
Absolutely, this part frustrated me the most. People were saying well Google likely did that because they didn't want to admit they were wrong. From my point of view they didn't really do anything wrong. They flagged something that was suspicious, which is fine. Then relied on the authorities to clear any wrongdoing due to the nature of what they flagged. At that point they should have reinstated the account.

exodust 4y ago

Google stood by their decision even when the police cleared the man. Wow, that's hostile. Google's motto: Guilty until never. The software Dad probably should have known better than to assign Google the task of handling that type of image. But still, that he lost his account when valid explanation provided is unforgivable. I don't understand how people can ignore the big "eye" of Google and other tech giants, watching everything we do, treating everyone like a low-life suspect. Scanning our shit and forcing our content through a kind of twisted police line-up. I stopped using Google for anything personal years ago, but feel sorry for people caught up in their clumsy joke of a service.