Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

  • TCB13@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I once paid for Lavabit email and it was then raided by the NSA/CIA/FBI (Snowden case) and they shut everything down. I lost access to my account and to a 3rd party account that had a considerable amount of money pending withdrawal. I was never able to get the money. Lesson learnt: paying for your email won’t save you.

    • ram@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Ya, never trust US companies. Their government’s crazy to jump in and take anything they want; you may not even know they took it.

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        1 year ago

        Well… Not sure if other gov won’t act the same way in a similar situation.