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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by sourcepie@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

As title says. I haven't used my Google account for more than 3 months. Prior to abandoning my Google account, I unlinked my phone number, deleted my recovery email, and logged out every device. I also never had 2FA TOTP setup.

Today I tried logging in and it won't let me. See video. Apparently, providing my login credentials doesn't prove that the account belongs to me. And no, I won't give them my phone number again to login.

I hate Google

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Twitter users baiting other people into liking their post by lying that there's a new like animation.

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Love to see it

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I did so when I was uninstalling it. Great piece of software

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1576052

I initially only installed "Comodo Firewall" but for some reason they also installed a "Comodo Dragon Browser", which I did not consent to. I always choose the "advanced" installation to uncheck bloatware, but in this case there was none and when you try to uninstall the browser, they force you to participate in their survey otherwise you won't be able to uninstall the software..

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've seen a quick video about it on YouTube from a reputable Windows security YouTuber. Can't remember which exactly, probably "ThioJoe" or "The PC Security Channel". I wrote the softwares name down a long time ago and decided to give it a try today.

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

This right here. 100%.

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I do care because I don't want to fall victim to their dark patterns and be coerced into providing them with free market research

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by sourcepie@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

I initially only installed "Comodo Firewall" but for some reason they also installed a "Comodo Dragon Browser", which I did not consent to. I always choose the "advanced" installation to uncheck bloatware, but in this case there was none and when you try to uninstall the browser, they force you to participate in their survey otherwise you won't be able to uninstall the software..

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It actually might be, because now a magic file appeared on my hard drive (a file that was once deleted) that I can't delete. When I try to delete it, even with admin rights, it says No such file or directory

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have no clue what a RAID is to be honest. I was using a VM with 6 GB RAM to do some work in another operating system and passed through my physical hard drive (Host to Guest) to write the data on when suddenly my VM got stuck.

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The 44 GB of data that got lost consisted of 191 files each around ~220 MiB in one single folder. I used testdisk to inspect my drive and I couldn't find the data..

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

My filesystem was NTFS

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Perhaps there should be government controlled licenses for some technologies

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I just lost 44 GB of data that I downloaded in the past two hours. My PC started to get laggy and it got stuck so I just shut it down believing that all will be well since the data has already been written to disk..

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Funny you say that because I'm submitting the ticket because I can't migrate my account.. Speak of irony

[-] sourcepie@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I did initially try this on two different browsers, Firefox & Librewolf (with uBlock) and it didn't work. After reading your comment, I downloaded ungoogled Chromium, didn't install any addons or change any settings and it worked. Thank you!

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submitted 11 months ago by sourcepie@lemmy.world to c/minecraft@lemmy.world

Been trying to submit a ticket to Mojang for weeks now, still doesn't work. Anyone else having the same issue?

Link to ticket creation https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/request/new

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Based Odysee (lemmy.world)

Happy to see him get the recognition he deserves

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Rockstar Games <3 (www.nordichardware.se)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by sourcepie@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

This appreciation post is dedicated to Rockstar Games for pulling Grand Theft Auto San Andreas ($10) off of Steam only to then slap a ENB mod on it and sell it for $60 calling it "Definitive Edition"

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I hate this (lemmy.world)

Especially the Google one

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sourcepie

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