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Sweet! I'm gonna keep my gmail backup on my google drive!

• amouat 14y ago
  Err, isn't there a flaw in that plan? Surely the back-up should protect you in case you lose access to your Google account...
  • camiller 14y ago
    I think he was trying to be subtly ironic. Perhaps too subtle.
    • amouat 14y ago
      I wondered that after I wrote the reply. However, I bet some people do use google drive to back-up other google services. It's not ironic, just foolish IMO.
      • icebraining 14y ago
        You can always create different Google accounts for each service. My "main" account (Reader, Youtube, etc) was never tied to my Gmail & Calendar account, and the probability of losing both at the same time is rather small.
        • mcherm 14y ago
          Not as small as you may think. Do you really believe that Google can't connect the dots (or the IP addresses) and figure out that both accounts are associated with the same person?
          • skeletonjelly 14y ago
            They'd have to tread carefully. Would suck to have an entire university banned from Google services ;)
            • mcherm 14y ago
              True... but I imagine they can also distinguish between frequently-shared IPs and rarely-shared ones.