Author Topic: Help, Google just disabled my email accounts (Read 228391 times)

Boruch999 · « **Reply #320 on:** November 16, 2016, 05:51:39 PM »

"All information associated with your suspended account will eventually get deleted, unless successfully appealed."

Sounds like they are specifically ruling out returning data after a ban.

MeirS · « **Reply #321 on:** November 16, 2016, 05:58:40 PM »

Quote from: shmaya on November 16, 2016, 05:43:05 PM

Thanks for helping me figure out why my account closed!

I emailed them 3 times but no response yet. I only ordered 2 phones.

It seems very concerning if they are allowed to shut off access to my personal data, Its easier for me to accept them sitting down the account from further use.

I have been unable to access information I needed for my job for the past 2 days.

I know someone who only ordered one with his primary account and 1 with a secondary account and was locked out.

googwallet · « **Reply #322 on:** November 16, 2016, 05:59:14 PM »

I'm trying to leave a comment on DDMS keeps freezing on me.

yuneeq · « **Reply #323 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:03:47 PM »

Quote from: googwallet on November 16, 2016, 05:59:14 PM

I'm trying to leave a comment on DDMS keeps freezing on me.

Be careful- If you leave more than one comment Dan might ban you from DDMS, DDF, and all affiliates of the DansDeals network.

Boruch999 · « **Reply #324 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:04:22 PM »

Quote from: googwallet on November 16, 2016, 05:59:14 PM

I'm trying to leave a comment on DDMS keeps freezing on me.

Google got to that too ?!?!?

AJK · « **Reply #325 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:10:01 PM »

smh

incendia · « **Reply #326 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:14:06 PM »

Quote from: AJK on November 16, 2016, 06:10:01 PM

smh

Its actually not so crazy.

If you have Drive on your computer it should we saved locally when you connect to the web.

1) Im assuming that people didn't lose documents saved locally with Google Drive

2) it could lead to bad habits of over relying on Google, which is the problem you are trying to solve

it also depends on why are backing up your data

best practice would be to save on multiple cloud services and local storage devices

JoeyShmoe · « **Reply #327 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:16:06 PM »

FWIW I sent the link to the DDMS to Android Central

Baruch · « **Reply #328 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:16:29 PM »

Created a separate thread to discuss how to backup google info to protect oneself in case of shutdown

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=68135.0

eli1571 · « **Reply #329 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:39:19 PM »

Quote from: AJK on November 16, 2016, 11:54:41 AM

Wow, not only are they "disabled," the accounts are bouncing back emails, so if/when you get back in, you won't know what emails you missed.

Quote from: AJK on November 16, 2016, 01:17:22 PM

That's the lesson to be learned here. Going forward, I will have all my emails/docs etc, forwarded and backed up to another email account. It's literally mind boggling to contemplate the amount of lost information that has resulted from this "suspension."

just reading this thread now.
Forwarding Won't help if the above is true.

lechatchileh ariber · « **Reply #330 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:41:39 PM »

Quote from: eli1571 on November 16, 2016, 06:39:19 PM

just reading this thread now.
Forwarding Won't help if the above is true.

At least you will have access to all your old emails, GC's etc.

Heshelmangel · « **Reply #331 on:** November 16, 2016, 06:58:11 PM »

Quote from: Mplace on November 15, 2016, 01:23:28 AM

Anyone try twitter?

yes, i have tried. They just replied to me, basically telling me to fill out the same form that we all got. no additional info

Dan · « **Reply #332 on:** November 16, 2016, 08:06:26 PM »

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12972554

Zalc · « **Reply #333 on:** November 16, 2016, 08:17:00 PM »

Quote from: Dan on November 16, 2016, 08:06:26 PM

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12972554

Is there a way to send this to Ars Technica?

This seems like a story they they would be interested in.

grodnoking · « **Reply #334 on:** November 16, 2016, 08:18:31 PM »

Quote from: Dan on November 16, 2016, 08:06:26 PM

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12972554

Someone has a very similar complaint against Wikipedia.

Heshelmangel · « **Reply #335 on:** November 16, 2016, 08:25:23 PM »

Quote from: Dan on November 16, 2016, 05:14:11 PM

Seems like that's more of a job for DDFers to Tweet and email them.

Yes! If everyone here will speak out on twitter and the like to all these websites (including @google in the post maybe) maybe it will gain attraction. I have begun doing so, but this has to be a mass effort.

AJK · « **Reply #336 on:** November 16, 2016, 08:28:37 PM »

Quote from: Zalc on November 16, 2016, 08:17:00 PM

Is there a way to send this to Ars Technica?

This seems like a story they they would be interested in.

Agree. People should submit there (via website and tweeting) and to The Verge and probably WSJ. The more people that participate, the more likely the story will get picked up.

To digitally delete someone's life -- no hundreds of people's lives -- in one fell swoop for an unrelated purchase of a few hundred phones for which the order was paid for, accepted, and shipped, is troubling and should have far-reaching ramifications of how these companies control our data.

Further, what's really scary is that many services, including credit card companies and banks, require one's *old* email address to verify a change to a *new* email address. So those affected are forever locked out of their banks and credit card companies?! For buying a phone?

Google: Next time just cancel the order if you didn't want to accept it. Don't accept it, take the money, ship it, and then days later decide you're going to digitally delete the existence of hundreds of your users.

farmbochur · « **Reply #337 on:** November 16, 2016, 08:36:15 PM »

Has this link made it here yet?
https://youtu.be/ntICHMV-WMA

aygart · « **Reply #338 on:** November 16, 2016, 09:05:18 PM »

I have a feeling trump would be just delighted to knock Schmidt

shulem92 · « **Reply #339 on:** November 16, 2016, 09:34:46 PM »

I googled "Google account blocked pixel" and I got a hit from itwire.com they even give a HT to Dan's deals

http://www.itwire.com/mobility/75784-pixel-phone-resellers-have-google-accounts-blocked.html

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