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There are a couple things i don’t like about this trend. First, I have idle accounts for brand protection. I really dislike being forced to participate in the
by ryan29 3y ago
There are a couple things i don’t like about this trend.
First, I have idle accounts for brand protection. I really dislike being forced to participate in the handle registration gold rush to begin with. Now I’ll have to set aside a day every few months to log in to all of them. It’s not a huge deal, but it’s annoying.
Second, if idle email accounts become available for re-registration it might expose some users to account takeovers if they own accounts with email addresses they’ve forgotten about. And, what about people forwarding from accounts they never log into directly? I wouldn’t consider those inactive. Does Google?
- hammyhavoc 3y agoHas Google explicitly stated that re-registration of handles will be a thing? If so, that's incredibly dangerous. I wouldn't consider accounts inactive if they're forwarding mail because there are deletions taking place, which is an active process, meaning you aren't clogging up that account's allocation.
- m3drano 3y agoThe counter argument is hijacking: these accounts are more prone to be stolen and used for spam and impersonation.
- LorenPechtel 3y agoYou can auto-forward g-mail? I have one (not Google) account that I never log into, but a robot pulls all the mail off it, it will show activity.
- saurik 3y agoYes, you definitely can just auto-forward (which I know as that is how I have any of mine set up).
- PretzelPirate 3y agoCan't you set up a single email client to pull from all of your accounts? I imagine that would count as logging in and it would happen automatically.
- rcktmrtn 3y ago> And, what about people forwarding from accounts they never log into directly? I'm basically in this situation, which is why I have been paying for the annual plan. Despite the fact I passionately hate Google. Not sure when if ever I will be comfortable deleting my account entirely.