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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by jrnichols on Saturday August 22, 2020 @07:27PM (#24248143)
There's the issue of them arbitrarily disabling accounts, but also what if someone takes over your account?

You've lost everything at that point.

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Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life by Guidii on Saturday August 22, 2020 @08:04PM (#24248360)
Google recommends two factor authentication to reduce this risk. https://www.google.com/landing/2step/

(Proper security is helpful with or without Google....)

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