Zombie Accounts

23 Jul 26 | Evo X

[EVO X]

I had to sign up for a google account to view a document by a former employer(edu) well over a decade ago. I have received notifications over the years that my account is going to be canceled because of lack of use. I just got another termination notice for the 5th or 6th time. LOL

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: stupidvanity; vanity

[Tell It Right]

Good for you. Avoid thy google.

[BipolarBob]

Last night I tried logging into Google for the first time in two years on a different device. Google said no way even though I gave the last password I had wrote down. I don’t get it.

[Jane Long]

LOL ... they already assigned it to bots.

[kinsman redeemer]

In summary, we must all make sure that we are logged in.

[EVO X]

I haven’t logging into the google account in over a dozen years. I have been retired that long. I never used it for email, just to view a document. Every 2 years I get notifications that my account is going to be deleted for lack of use. Just got another notice that my account has ben deleted. LOL

[McGruff]

my account is going to be canceled because of lack of use

Your Google account or your FR account?

[McGruff]

Ignore my previous post. It’s not surprising that your Google account maybe deleted if not used for a long time.

[EVO X]

Ignore my previous post. It’s not surprising that your Google account maybe deleted if not used for a long time.

My take is there is some software glitch that has prevented my google account from being deleted over 10 years ago...

[mowowie]

I did the same recently. had the right name and password but NOPE, google wanted phone numbers, addresses, etc.
They SUCK..

[HartleyMBaldwin]

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

[EVO X]

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

That seems to the case...

[Red Badger]

And your car warranty is about to expire................

[Zack Attack]

Never have signed up for any free email that wants a phone number, so instead I give a backup email account. So eventually I get notice of strange behavior on my new account.

By then my backup account says I need a backup account.

I’m now blocked from 3 email accounts, and my 2 backup accounts which worked fine before becoming connected to gaggle, so I’m done with them.

[EVO X]

And your car warranty is about to expire.

Evidently, my google account never does. Upon further reflection. It seems like my former employer got me stuck in an endless loop..

[John Milner]

Goopgle is evil.

About 12 years ago I helped an older fellow with his email, logging into his email on my computer. He’s since passed away.

I was required (because of the internet/streaming service that our condo signed up for) to have a goople mail account.

So, under deep personal discomfort, I did create one.

Any thing I send out now goes to the recipient with the name of the dead person I once helped out 12 years ago.

I’ve tried everything to change it. I even grokked asking how to fix it and did all the half dozen or so suggestions. But nope, Google knows best; I’m a dead guy.

All those mega-wear companies are bad to some extent. But gooople is by far, BY FAR, the worst.

[EVO X]

Any thing I send out now goes to the recipient with the name of the dead person I once helped out 12 years ago.

That is a weird one...