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by desmondl 1569 days ago
Did your entire Google account get deactivated? My Google account is linked to Gmail, GCP/Firebase, Youtube, Drive, and a ton of SSO apps. Used it for the past decade, but I know now not to put all my eggs in one basket so I have backups of my most important data. Still, what happened to you is a big fear of mine.
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rg111 1569 days ago
> My Google account is linked to Gmail, GCP/Firebase, Youtube, Drive

Don't. Have separate accounts for dev stuff, entertainment, storage, social media each.

> and a ton of SSO apps

Never do so. Use a password manager (self-host if you want) and use good old username-password to sign up and log in. I once had all my passwords stored in Chrome leaked in a security breach.

A friend's Gmail was suspended that was connected to bank. He had to waste literally tens of hours in commute and waiting and meetings to change it.

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Gareth321 1569 days ago
>Have separate accounts for dev stuff, entertainment, storage, social media each.

FYI this isn't enough. There are thousands of reports of people having all their Google accounts terminated because they shared the same payment method/IP/cookie session data/etc. This is how bad it can get: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/8kvias/tifu_by_gettin...

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