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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Most people are unaware that Google can and has closed accounts without notice or appeal.

A closed account means all your files, photos, passwords, 2fa, are gone.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It means all of those if you rely on google for those.

Never have a central point of failure, and have backups.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like this father who got his account closed because he took a picture of his toddler penis to send to their pediatrician.

The picture was automatically backed up in Google photo and flagged as child pornography.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Even after being investigated by two police departments, Google refused to open the account.

[–] qevlarr 9 points 1 month ago

Let me share this story: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html

The guy even has the police explicitly clear him off any foul play, but Google still won't budge. Consumers have zero rights to something as fundamental as retrieving their own files or emails

[–] chilicheeselies 2 points 1 month ago

This is why i have been moving away from google products for storing anything; emails, photos, etc. They are just not a customer focused company, bad to do business with them