> That author later posted a video to Instagram explaining that it wasn’t the adult content in the files but rather “Google thought I was spamming people.” Apparently, sending the same doc to scores of people—for example, alpha and beta readers—can make it appear as though the doc was unsolicited."
Beyond this specific case related to Google Docs, I'm really starting to develop a certain fear about losing my gmail account, or my main Google account in general, every "serious" aspect of my life is linked to it from keeping in touch with relatives to work and taxes.
I wonder if there is an actionable way to prepare such a disastrous outcome?!
It's called keeping a backup copy on your own server(s).
If you must always have a copy of your stuff, you must keep at least one copy at home.
I lost quite a few files back in the early days of DropBox. That taught me to never again entrust everything to outside entities. I don't use the Cloud any more. I keep everything on my own server.
You are absolutely right. What I meant is the implication that it can have beyond having copies, like doing legal paperwork to 3 or 4 government services because we need to update our email and credentials (I live in a country that is not tech friendly regarding to any administrative matter and it's a real nightmare sometimes).
And speaking of that, I tried once to create my own email server...so maybe I have to retry that and make a contingency plan, investing in a local server lab and preparing for the worst scenario.
We've gotten way too complacent about leaving our stuff in the hands of big companies that can take away our access any time they like. Those of us who used Unity definitely learned that lesson!
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 19.3 ms ] thread> That author later posted a video to Instagram explaining that it wasn’t the adult content in the files but rather “Google thought I was spamming people.” Apparently, sending the same doc to scores of people—for example, alpha and beta readers—can make it appear as though the doc was unsolicited."
I wonder if there is an actionable way to prepare such a disastrous outcome?!
If you must always have a copy of your stuff, you must keep at least one copy at home.
I lost quite a few files back in the early days of DropBox. That taught me to never again entrust everything to outside entities. I don't use the Cloud any more. I keep everything on my own server.
And speaking of that, I tried once to create my own email server...so maybe I have to retry that and make a contingency plan, investing in a local server lab and preparing for the worst scenario.
The limiting factor there is whether or not your internet provider blocks the email port (25, IIRC) or not.
That policy was introduced about a decade or so ago to stop email bots spamming the world.
I tried it once too. But that port was blocked by my provider.
Google still, I think, allows you to download your email folders using IMAP to store a copy on your own machine.