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So in theory if someone was to ever accidentally or intentionally reset the location info for where all gmail accounts have logged in from, then effectively everyone would be unable to access their gmail account?
If that were to happen it would take about 5 minutes until this security feature would be deactivated.
I stopped using gmail. I pay for my own domain (approx $10 per year and subscribe a hosting service that costs about $4/month). The total cost is not much different from a paid google email which is about $50/year. If I happened to forget/lose all passwords (lost laptop, burned house etc.), I would probably need to deal with the hosting company who would try to identify me with my credit card or some other way (phone…
That doesn't help OP now, but I found it helpful to enable 2FA with Google Authenticator, and keep emergency backup codes in a safe place. It's slightly more hassle, but there are less 'soft AI' barriers between you and your successful login. I'd also suggest not to rely on a phone number as 2nd factor, it's not that super safe.
Wasn't aware of this, but can't say I'm surprised. Personally, I'm still happy with Fastmail, which uses customer subscriptions fees to fund a professional support department, as well as contributing to email-related FOSS. (Among other things, obviously.)
Have you used Fastmail's support?
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Do they offer an api?
yes, and it makes the gmail API look like a toy https://fastmail.blog/open-technologies/jmap-new-email-open-...
That doesn't help OP now, but I found it helpful to enable 2FA with Google Authenticator, and keep emergency backup codes in a safe place. It's slightly more hassle, but there are less 'soft AI' barriers between you and your successful login. I'd also suggest not to rely on a phone number as 2nd factor, it's not that super safe.
That doesn't help OP now, but I found it helpful to enable 2FA with Google Authenticator, and keep emergency backup codes in a safe place. It's slightly more hassle, but there are less 'soft AI' barriers between you and your successful login. I'd also suggest not to rely on a phone number as 2nd factor, it's not that super safe.