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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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bruh they are asking for my home address now? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Quintus@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I fuckin' signed in to YouTube with my existing account damn it

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[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Okay, so I attempted to access it again. Its currently in a weird state of partial access.

I can "log in" but as soon as I try to access anything, say, Gmail, I get that screen again.

This is what the settings page looks like:

So its not totally locked out, but its not functional either, I'm not even on a VPN.

Notice, 2FA is off.

Then I click Gmail and get this:

I tap "more ways to verify" and get this:

I tap the only option, and it circles back to the previous screen.

🤷‍♂️

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 10 points 23 hours ago

I like that when you come across one of the many Google dark patterns and complain about it, a fanboy always shows up out of nowhere to tell you it's impossible and you did something wrong.

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 6 points 23 hours ago

I once had an issue logging in to Google where they wanted to verify me some way that I couldn't complete. I eventually got around it by going through the "Forgot Password" workflow instead of logging in normally. I have no idea if this still works or whether it will make things worse for you, but if all else fails it might be worth a try.