Re:AWS doesn’t know who I am
by skinkestek on Sunday August 22, 2021 @08:14AM
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> That story doesn't seem very believable. Why are other people's personal accounts getting banned too?
Fully believable.
In some cases people don't even have the slightest clue.
In this case there is at least an explanation even if it is bad.
PS: I don't hate everything Google do or any employees specifically, I just try to shine a light on the places where they fail like lack of transparency or even basic communication or their abuse of market power to try to kill competing browsers.
They have done good work in other areas it seems like standing up against dragnet surveillance etc.
The top voted comment on HN at the time thought it wasn't believable either: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17115643
One possible explanation is that the exit IP for the company has had malware hosted on it, so that IP is getting banned from Google services. If they go home or turn off WiFi on their phones it will probably work.