As title says. I haven’t used my Google account for more than 3 months. Prior to abandoning my Google account, I unlinked my phone number, deleted my recovery email, and logged out every device. I also never had 2FA TOTP setup.

Today I tried logging in and it won’t let me. See video. Apparently, providing my login credentials doesn’t prove that the account belongs to me. And no, I won’t give them my phone number again to login.

I hate Google

  • Granixo@feddit.cl
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    1 year ago

    This is definetly something that is gonna be talked about more and more as time goes on.

    I’m counting the days until Google decides it’s “necessary” to scan our faces to log in.

    Ahhh the world we live in. ☕😌

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      1 year ago

      I’m counting the days until Google decides it “necessary” to scan our faces to log in.

      When my Instagram login got locked due to inactivity, they want my phone number rand a selfish as part of the reactivation process.

      Fuck that, it’s not important enough for me to go through that kind of bullshit.

    • sourcepie@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Times simular to your exaggeration will come and people will say “But it’s their service! If you want to use it, you have to follow their rules”. Not understanding that they’re slowly handing over control over their lives because we live in a modern time where everything is about technology. Sad to see how many people don’t understand this and disagree with me when I say that I’m infuriated over this.