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Google security algorithm, I am an adult. Please disable yourself
6 points by LiamMcCalloway on Nov 14, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
A login and a password do not suffice to use Google services. One must also learn how the Google security algorithm functions through trial and error, often at some monetary cost.

How, pray tell, I am supposed to tell Google that it is me trying to send an email through msmtp? Offlineimap? Chromium within Debian? That I moved, am on the other side of the world and would like to speak to my friends and family? That I don't want to tell it my real location?

I used TOR once. Outcome: account blocked and only verified through an online process which costs money, meaning that an attempt at hiding resulted in my giving my credit card information.

I live in a sad world, where I need to learn how to behave like a machine designed by well-meaning engineers expect me to. Except that there is one thing there don't expect me to do: to know my login and password, and not loose them.




In all fairness, a known range of TOR IP's is blocked by most websites such as google.com . And a login from any such anonymous sources may be used to perform malicious activity on your behalf.


I do agree with you, we'd better have one ID name to make sure safe. from os-store


Well, now I kinda want to access my Google account from a Tor connection to see what happen. But I also kinda don’t want to have it blocked.




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