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>Like I've said in the past here, if something is so important to you, you need to treat it as such.

Which is why you use a password manager and keep a copy of your Google account backup codes in the event you need them.




Google can lock you out of your account even if you have the right password.


That's why you have 2FA, U2F and one-time recovery codes.


Isn't a big problem is that they will sometimes lock you out of everything for some behavior they think is bad on just one of their services. You have been denied access. No tech solution to this problem.




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