[D9u]

Of course the author preformed daily backups to removable media and other cloud based services? Let this be a lesson. Data redundancy is important!

[guard-of-terra]

Is there a tool to backup your google everything?

If there isn't then what you're doing is called "taunting".

[Samuel_Michon]

You can download some of your Google data using Google Takeout. It’s far from complete, but if you’re still using Google services, it doesn’t hurt to download a backup once in a while.

The Data Liberation Front lists which services can be backed up, and how to do it: http://www.dataliberation.org/

[Lewisham]

FWIW I believe Takeout does work when your account has been disabled, so that you can transfer to another provider.

EDIT: Although sadly it looks like Gmail is not part of Takeout :/

[bmj]

Right, Gmail is not part of Takeout, but there are third party apps to facilitate this:

http://gmvault.org/

http://www.gmail-backup.com/

[trhtrsh]

Ever mail client written since ~1990 is capable of downloading your Gmail.

[Lewisham]

The problem is that if your account is disabled, it's unlikely you'll be able to acces Gmail, IMAP or otherwise. I think Takeout has an exception so that it works even when your account does not.

[yanokwa]

I use CloudPull from http://goldenhillsoftware.com and it's fantastic.

It supports Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, Google Drive (formerly Docs), and Google Reader. By default, the app backs up your accounts every hour and maintains old point-in-time snapshots of your accounts for 90 days. All the data is available in standard file formats.

[Semaphor]

https://www.backupify.com/products/personal-apps-backup

[antoko]

Please don't use the term "Data Redundancy" like this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_redundancy

We have a term for what you're describing already - Backups

[D9u]

What a terrible article... If the data sets do not match then there is no redundancy. The Unix command line has a wonderful tool called "diff," which compares files line by line.

Or, there's Git, which is even better.

What I'm getting at is that we are the first line of defense when it comes to our data.

I'm sure you've heard the colloquialism, "don't keep all your eggs in one basket?"