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by nothasan 1273 days ago
I think Google needs to add a better way to secure old / previously inactive accounts. My guess is because your account was old, and your current device, IP and overall fingerprint was different it decided you were an intruder.
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This seems inadequate to explain the removal of security keys. Unless Google inferred that OP was not just a garden variety intruder, but some sort of advanced persistent threat that had added such keys long ago?
Yep I don’t know what’s going on here. OP posted another reply with the time they added their keys and they aren't recent.
Removing pre-existing security measures due to suspicious activity seems an odd strategy.
I don't know, while this account is old and fairly infrequently used I normally have it in the google account switcher dropdown logged in rather than completely logged out.