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How did you lose the account? Was there a reason from Google?
by zero-sharp 2y ago
How did you lose the account? Was there a reason from Google?
- hsbauauvhabzb 2y agoI once had a functional bug where a MFA recovery email would receive the token, but the system would flag any further steps as ‘suspicious activity’. I also had an active gmail session via thunderbird, so I could easily have proven my claims legitimacy if required. Alas, there is no concept of support at google.
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- lou1306 2y agoI feel no reason short of a mandate from a judge is so good to allow Google (edit: or any other tech company, really) to completely lock someone out of their personal data. Give them a takeout link and send them on their way, at least.
- nobody9999 2y ago>I feel no reason short of a mandate from a judge is so good to allow Google (edit: or any other tech company, really) to completely lock someone out of their personal data. Yes. It's a travesty. And those who work at those tech companies should be ashamed to be associated with such behavior. That said, if your data isn't hosted (even if just as a backup) on your hardware, it isn't your data. If someone else is hosting your data then it doesn't belong to you, unless you have a strong copyright claim, and the money to pay lawyers to litigate such a claim.
- zelphirkalt 2y agoI lost access to a YouTube account, which had my gaming videos, when they went all in on Google Plus. Somehow they messed it up and I couldn't get through the recovery process. I remember I was forced to change my password and then I could no longer log in. After that I decided I would never make a new YouTube channel again.