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A comment on Ask HN: How do I prove that a certain Gmail account does indeed belong to me?.

Re:Ask HN: How do I prove that a certain Gmail account does ... by whatyoucantsay on Thursday July 05, 2018 @03:49PM (#17466232)
Google has willfully abdicated its responsibility to the hundreds of millions of people whose digital lives they manage. Whether the product is paid in cash or the erosion of privacy, this kind of failure can ruin lives.

People choose to rely upon Google, but Google has spent tens of billions of dollars influencing us to do so.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I prove that a certain Gmail account does ... by benologist on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:23PM (#17467371)
One reason why Amazon has such outrageous problems with counterfeits is that having no problem at all would cost the richest man in the world something.
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