cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/mildlyinfuriating/p/990534/why
How hard is it to implement email verification?
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2026
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If you host your own DB of users and passwords you are a target. Offloading it to as many wide-spread oauth providers as possible is a smart move.
Tell that to all the people whose google accounts of 20+ years got locked out with zero recourse or warning.
Um, wait what? I'm in the 20+ year Google category...
I very rarely use Google anymore, but I do have a Google and YouTube account, plus my EBay account is also tied to my Google account, and I haven't had any such issues..
So what the hell happened to others? Do you have a brief breakdown, and perhaps an article link or something?
https://old.reddit.com/r/googlephotos/comments/1to6cbi/i_keep_reading_about_google_accounts_being_banned/
https://old.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/zuuf84/my_account_was_disabled_for_a_false_violation_of/
https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleSupport/comments/1nnrikh/google_disabled_my_account_for_making_a_new_one/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/wu1wbc/google_bans_mans_account_will_not_reinstate_even/
https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleSupport/comments/1qwed02/google_permanently_disabled_my_account_after/
https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleSupport/comments/1pjwmyj/20_year_old_google_account_disabled_2_days_ago/
https://old.reddit.com/r/GoogleSupport/comments/1r92kuh/google_account_disabled_for_harmful_content/