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Comment by lxgr

3 months ago

Who would guarantee that the account has been used by the same person all those 18 years?

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o11c  3 months ago

The same one who guarantees that it's really your ID: nobody.

  • lxgr  3 months ago

    A person using my ID needs to at least remotely look like me. A Google account is effectively a bearer token for anyone that can authenticate to Google, which is something that can easily be transferred.

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