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Step 1) look for dead people Step 2) wait for two years Step 3) sign up with their gmail Step 4) realize all their data is wiped but all those other accounts li
by prepend 3y ago
Step 1) look for dead people
Step 2) wait for two years
Step 3) sign up with their gmail
Step 4) realize all their data is wiped but all those other accounts linked to this don’t know
Step 5) try reset password for twitter, Facebook, GitHub, every bank, etc etc using email
Step 6) wreak havoc pretending to be dead person
Seems like a security risk to delete. Their excuse that old accounts are more likely to have weak passwords is silly since google never expires passwords. Seems like from a security standpoint, you would keep the account forever but just disable it.
- stevewodil 3y agoThey are deleting data associated with the account, but are they still maintaining the address that was registered to the account? I doubt they are allowing people to sign up with the deleted accounts email address, I was in this exact scenario years back and wasn’t able to sign up again using my deleted account name
- prepend 3y agoThen they aren’t deleting all information associated with the account if they know it existed. I wonder how much data they retain or if it is precisely only that the account name once existed.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- powerapple 3y agoIt is actually very difficult to reset password for some accounts. Many services would send verification code to registered email account. I have lost access to my gmail account for 7 months, I was only able to reset a few passwords. epicgames wouldn't allow me to change my registered email, nintendo doesn't allow me to change my registered email.