PSA
Tomorrow, Dec 1, Google is removing accounts with 2 years of inactivity, including all photos, Drive files, and emails
Backup all your data even if you still going to use Google account.
@nixCraft can you imagine the fear in the person clicking the button? Lol
@nixCraft all the accounts I created working for startups that weren't under their organization go bye bye.
@nixCraft If one were affected, they'd receive one or multiple emails about the upcoming deletion - from their announcement:
> Before deleting an account, we will send multiple notifications over the months leading up to deletion, to both the account email address and the recovery email (if one has been provided).
I assume simply logging into said account constitutes "activity" and thus would prevent from deletion:
> a Google Account has not been used or *signed into* for at least 2 years
@nixCraft
probably something i agree with google. other companies should do something similar.
@nixCraft long ago migrated out of Google. It's just a spam dumping ground now. They can ruin it for all I care. Ohnoes no more Google <gasp> ill have to start exfiltrating all my own private data!
I predate Google, and yahoo, by a bit. I can navigate the web with/without a search engine, frankly, because my modern web habits are still aligned with ancient habits. I am very intentional, and I still hang out on, what do normies call it, the 'dark' web? Lmao no DNS must mean shady/dark, right?
@nixCraft so if I didn't watch any YouTube for two entire years then I'm in danger of losing my Google acct? I think I'm safe
@nixCraft mind linking the source? I’d like to see an announcement that declares this.
@morxemplum @nixCraft I apparently received an email on 2023-07-28 telling me about this change.
@nixCraft
If I'm understanding correctly the Google Deleting Your Account This Month thing doesn't impact you even if you haven't touched it in years as long as you've uploaded any videos to YouTube (at least for now).
great to hear considering all the people who randomly decided to upload a masterpiece there and then left the internet (but still please make archives if you see such channels in case they eventually do start to get removed)
[source: https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/updating-our-inactive-account-policies/]
@nixCraft I’m almost always on my gmail account daily.