Google Announced to Delete Inactive Accounts: What You Need to Know
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Google has recently announced an update to its Inactive Google Account Policy, which will result in the deletion of millions of inactive accounts that have been untouched for at least two years. This move aims to address the security risks associated with abandoned accounts. So, Let’s delve into the details of Google's revised policy and its implications for users.

Google decides to delete any account that has two years of inactivity. See how they decide to go about it.

@jamiehs@lemmy.ml
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They can leverage these terms if they want to. For example you’re also only allowed to have one account per person.

Wasn’t it the Terraria dev who got his account locked and they used that as an excuse as to why he was locked out of his account? They said he had too many accounts or something?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/terraria-developer-cancels-google-stadia-port-after-youtube-account-ban/

They can enforce arbitrary rules when they need to if they wanna fuck you over; just like cops.

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I do only have one account with them now. They’re a terrible platform these days if you want an anonymous spam account. They were good back in the day because they offered 10x the storage as everyone else, and we hadn’t fully comprehended the scope of their snooping. My only email address with them now is used as a corporate spam address, since it’s completely overrun with spam anyways, after 20+ years of use.

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