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Gmail Accidentally Resets 150,000 Accounts

Posted by samzenpus on from the did-you-need-that-mail? dept.

tsj5j writes "Many users have reported loss of their Gmail accounts, as they signed in to find their email accounts reset — losing years of email history. This appears to be a result of a bug which treats existing owners as new users. For those affected, Google is currently trying to resolve the problem. For the rest of us, perhaps this is a timely reminder to backup our data and be less trusting of the cloud."

3 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. I think I'd be okay if my inbox got erased.. by intellitech · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least, I wouldn't then have to clean it.

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  2. I haven't paid anything for this but by carou · · Score: 4, Funny

    I demand my money back!

  3. Re:Only I value my data enough to protect it prope by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...And I don't eve trust that person to do it properly.

    After all, a simple typo can completely screw up the meaning of an automated backup script!

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