Ask HN: My Google account was hacked, Google says they can't help

Re:Ask HN: My Google account was hacked, Google says they ca... by klabb3 on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:44PM (#30678006)

> Not kidding - How do we know you are not the hacker ?

I think usually it's obvious for someone who can see the account's recent activity. You can also design challenge-response type questions for the person claiming the account, that only they could know, within some reasonable confidence interval.

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Re:Ask HN: My Google account was hacked, Google says they ca... by omoikane on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:46PM (#30678037)

I think they meant "how does a random reader on an internet forum confirm that the OP is who they claim they are"?

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Re:Ask HN: My Google account was hacked, Google says they ca... by tluyben2 on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:47PM (#30678052)

And most people can tell what to search for find specific emails; if that doesn’t prove it….

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