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Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by squarefoot »

I don't use any other service by Google except Gmail and Maps (anonymously), and all my message base is already backed up online at Fastmail plus locally. The day they don't accept anymore POP mail clients or do anything nasty, is the day I send all my contacts my new mail address and forget about Google. They pushed and killed a lot of services, and the way they deal with user support makes them highly unreliable for pretty much everything except tracking users and advertising.

Google unprofessionalism aside, the most reliable cloud storage in the world can't beat a solid local backup. Never ever keep your files in single copy, no matter who is the cloud storage provider; always keep a local backup, or to be more precise, the cloud storage should be one of the two backups, not the original.

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by jimrandomh »

Google has a reputation for sometimes randomly banning people, from all Google-controlled properties at once, for opaque reasons that are suspected to be malfunctioning automated systems. They have no appeals process, and if these stories do ever get resolved later, we don't hear about it.

This means every time I look at a new Google product, I ask: If every Google product I use shut off at once, how bad would it be to add this one to the list? So Google Pay, for example, is a total nonstarter; in a situation where most of my communication methods suddenly break, simultaneously losing access to credit cards would be literally life threatening. Similarly, I could never recommend Google Cloud Platform to an employer; losing the ability to do system-administration work at the same time as losing access to gmail would just be too much to manage.

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by asddubs »

squarefoot wrote: post #11

I don't use any other service by Google except Gmail and Maps (anonymously), and all my message base is already backed up online at Fastmail plus locally. The day they don't accept anymore POP mail clients or do anything nasty, is the day I send all my contacts my new mail address and forget about Google. They pushed and killed a lot of services, and the way they deal with user support makes them highly unreliable fo…

I'm a complete hypocrite in saying this because I've also been too lazy to set up an alternate email so far, but doesn't it make more sense to do it before that day?

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by Gigachad »

blip54321 wrote: post #7
hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have to live in Europe, or could I travel there temporarily to engage the act (or even just pay a lawyer there on my behalf).

GDPR applies to residents of Europe. That said, I've never had a problem using it from the US.

I think it was never clear if residents of EU included people with citizenships but are currently located outside. So it would be safest to honour all requests rather than risk it.

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by aaomidi »

I've said this before and I'll say it again. It should be illegal to fully ban accounts. Figure out how to make them readonly. That's the only ban type that should happen. Yes, even if there is illegal content. If you really have to, quarantine the illegal content, but keep the rest of the account available.

Unless the failure rate is literally 0%, there should never be a permanent full ban.

Apply this to companies over a certain size.

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by protoster »

Person in question doesn't actually know that they were banned for uploading Python code. While the lack of due process absolutely does suck and I hate to defend google, but reason for this ban is speculation. It could be something else, something much more banworthy.

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by squarefoot »

asddubs wrote: post #13
squarefoot wrote: post #11

I don't use any other service by Google except Gmail and Maps (anonymously), and all my message base is already backed up online at Fastmail plus locally. The day they don't accept anymore POP mail clients or do anything nasty, is the day I send all my contacts my new mail address and forget about Google. They pushed and killed a lot of services, and the way they deal with user support makes them highly unreliable fo…

I'm a complete hypocrite in saying this because I've also been too lazy to set up an alternate email so far, but doesn't it make more sense to do it before that day?

Yes, being prepared is a lot better since apparently Google has a thing for terminating accounts and services without notice. It shouldn't happen with Gmail because so many people depend on it for other services, also for confirmation of email change with the bank for example, which would be impossible if the account has already been terminated, but I'd be on the safe side anyway. That's the reason I set up my Fastmail account so that it mirrors my Gmail one: every single mail I receive on Gmail is mirrored on Fastmail, so if something happens I can send a notice of the new address to my contacts, show Google the middle finger and move on without losing anything. The only annoyance is that until I keep the two accounts active, I'll receive two copies of the same message on my client (Claws Mail) but all it needs is firing up the function to delete duplicate messages every now and then.

Mirroring external mailboxes such as Gmail from Fastmail can be activated when creating a new account; so far it works really well.

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by em-bee »

Gigachad wrote: post #14
blip54321 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GDPR applies to residents of Europe. That said, I've never had a problem using it from the US.

I think it was never clear if residents of EU included people with citizenships but are currently located outside. So it would be safest to honour all requests rather than risk it.

even if you live outside of your country, you typically still are considered a resident of the country of citizenship, because to declare you a non-resident someone would have to prove that you aren't still registed as resident or don't don't have a home there any more and are not going to go back any time soon, which you could do any day.

Re: Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code

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Post by iamevn »

tehlike wrote: post #9
tqkxzugoaupvwqr wrote: post #6

> My photos since I was a baby till nowadays (23 years of images), my niece's photos since she was in her mom's womb, my essential files, ALL passwords, reminders, and google login accounts. Everything is gone! > my google play account with my apps, my google extension developer with my extensions, my google AdMob with all of my unpaid revenue, firebase, google analytics, and google search console... I’d like to appl…

I lost my email password which i haven't logged in for 10+ years (but had forwarding setup so i was receiving emails still). As a googler, i thought, surely, i would be able to get support to recover my account Little did i know, they did nothing :)

While I was a googler I got very frustrated while trying to help a friend regain their old YouTube account that they knew the password, email, and phone number associated but because they did not still have access to that phone number the automated system didn't let them log in with the password the system confirmed was correct. Absolutely no traction gained despite trying multiple different avenues to get help.
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