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Google Announces to Delete Inactive Accounts, All You Need to Know (samrome58.substack.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Kingsilva to c/technology

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Google decides to delete any account that has two years of inactivity. See how they decide to go about it.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Signing in to what, though?

I have one account that only ever gets used via a third party email client. When I check my email, am I “signing in” by Google’s definition or not?

[–] 77slevin@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, your 3rd party email client uses your username and password to SIGN IN, which constitutes as signing in for Google.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Are you sure? I’ve had accounts before where only signing in to the official web UI or client counted (because that’s where they showed ads and grabbed telemetry).

So while WE would consider using third party clients to be signing in, THEY may define it differently.