'An Example of a Very Sad Google Account Recovery Failure and Its Effects'

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By EditorDavidMay 21, 2023, 2:34 pm206 pts
Time magazine once described Lauren Weinstein as an internet-policy expert and privacy advocate. Also a long-time Slashdot reader, he now brings this cautionary blog post "to share with you an example of what Google account recovery failure means to the people involved..." In this case it's a 90-year-old woman…

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