google "make sure you have a recovery phone number set" encapsulates the entire problem with their security-as-if-it-means-privacy bullshit: when they say "security", they mean "surveillance and monopoly", because that's the only fucking thing they know how to do. a backup phone number is not a best practice, but it is very profitable for data brokers. and google constantly puts you at fear of losing your account based on "security" checks. the fear is the point
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@hipsterelectron #Google sucks. Period. Earlier this year I migrated to another, more secure and private, mail provider. That was the biggest step in de-Googling. Still have a few things left, like getting content off Google Drive and finding another solution for Google Voice. But email was the big thing.
@someguy i will literally never fucking forgive gmail for routing a NIST high school internship acceptance email to spam. makes me so upset i need to do breathing exercises whenever i think of it
@someguy i will literally never fucking forgive gmail for routing a NIST high school internship acceptance email to spam. makes me so upset i need to do breathing exercises whenever i think of it
@hipsterelectron That's terrible. In the beginning, #Gmail won plenty of people over with, at the time, great spam filtering and 2GB storage. It was a much different time in 2005, however.
Fast forward 20 years and Google's mail service isnt innovative. It doesn't stand out and isn't competitive. Now fully entrenched in the #NSA #PRISM program and the company completely in bed with the #usgovernment everyone has every reason to run away.
I pay for my new provider but it's a HELLUVA lot cheaper than trading #privacy for "free" email.
@hipsterelectron funnily enough i have another explanation.
They are famously shit at customer service in particular to salvage an account.
Going with the recovery phone number line is their way to shift responsibilities.
"You are locked out of your account? Not our job to help you. We tried already with the recovery phone number probing. That one is on you"
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