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Re:Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts by delackner on Thursday November 06, 2008 @01:50AM (#355445)
You don't have to delete from the server. Gmail supports IMAP, and if you set Thunderbird to cache the whole account, even if Google locks you out your entire offline cache is safe (and can be copied into another account if necessary).
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Re:Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts by thomasmallen on Thursday November 06, 2008 @09:01AM (#355674)
Right, but I don't necessarily want alll of my messages vulnerable to compromise. Once I've deleted it from the server, I don't have to worry about somebody getting into my account, or the possibility of unscrupulous practices by Google.
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Re:Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts by ivanstojic on Thursday November 06, 2008 @09:10AM (#355679)
In reality, that's not so. If you suspect that Google might be "unscrupulous" with your data, what makes you so sure that a delete is truly a delete?

There are, essentially, no degrees to trust. You either trust someone or you don't.

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Re:Google account disabled for 6+ days. Some thoughts by thomasmallen on Thursday November 06, 2008 @03:10PM (#356064)
That's just not true. Show me one sane person who only operates on two distinct, unequivocal levels of trust and mistrust.
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