• Tazerface
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    1 month ago

    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.

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      1 month ago

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

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

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      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.

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

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      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