"You might get locked out of your account" is the updated version of the old "Your hard drive will crash." It isn't a matter of if, it's just a matter of when.

"You might get locked out of your account" is the updated version of the old "Your hard drive will crash." It isn't a matter of if, it's just a matter of when. Backups and a thorough disaster recovery plan is absolutely mandatory for anyone who cares about their data. Some company is going to mess something up due to no fault of your own. It is inevitable. Unfortunately, there aren't good disaster recovery options for some aspects of lost accounts, but having multiple accounts and avoiding single-points of failure help some.