Liens [quaternum]2012-04-18T23:12:37+02:00http://liens.quaternum.net/http://liens.quaternum.net/http://liens.quaternum.net/How I lost access to my Google account today - Ehsan Akhgarihttp://liens.quaternum.net/?sEiGIA2012-04-18T23:12:37+02:00""Account has been disabled." I'm sorry, what?! Yes, indeed, Google has disabled my account for some reason. [...] We've all (yours truly included) heard about the importance of owning your digital data, the downsides of vendor lock-in, and how if you're being provided a free service, you're the product, not the customer. But I honestly never understood how deep this problem is, and how severe the consequences can be ("surely this cannot happen to me", right?!). But starting today, I look at this problem from an entirely new angle."<br />
Via Standblog.