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"The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years." Not a terrible requirement. If they are so impor
by amf12 3y ago
"The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years."
Not a terrible requirement. If they are so important to you, why can't you login once every 2 years. Why is it bad news?
- tadfisher 3y agoI was forwarding Google Voice SMS messages from a second account so I could remain in contact with old friends (I ported my number I've had since high school). The only reason I had to create a second account was because I switched to Google Fi, which forbids your main account from also having a Google Voice account. Apparently actively using this service does not count as an "active login", because that account was disabled and my number was given to someone else. I only found out when a friend showed me screenshots of my number texting them "who is this?", despite having my main email and phone number as backups for the second account. I cannot get that number back, and support was no help.
- devoutsalsa 3y agoJust so you know, you can now have Fi and Voice on the same account. Historically what you saying true, but it changed a couple years back. Source: I had Voice and Fi on the same account.
- Rebelgecko 3y agoAre people in prison allowed to sign into their Google accounts? I imagine they wouldn't be able to bring 2FA or even a list of backup PWs with them (unless memorized in advance)
- m00x 3y agoDepends on the prison, but if you're in maximum security prison, you may have bigger worries.
- prepend 3y agoCertainly you’ll have bigger worries, but you’ll have this one too.
- tacostakohashi 3y agoPerhaps not - but then again there are lots of things that people in prison are not allowed to do (that's kind of the point).
- amf12 3y ago> Are people in prison allowed to sign into their Google accounts? If it's so important to them, maybe their partners or family can login - or they can do a takeout and store their data in a hard drive. Who knows if Google services will be around when they get out, right?
- mantra2 3y ago> Who knows if Google services will be around when they get out, right? Sometimes I am not even confident they'll be around tomorrow.
- nashashmi 3y agoIn the old days,hotmail used to have a rule that you had to log in every two months. Going to army training meant you most likely would lose access to your emails after boot camp. Gmail made it a generous 6 months. I don’t know when it changed to two years.