I’ve been locked out of my Google account which contains over a decade of my digital life, and I’m at my wit’s end trying to recover it. The situation: – Woke up today completely locked out – Got “secure your … Read more
I was just over a month into my first job in the tech industry – a lowly HTML jockey and frontline support drone at a local web agency. Everything that could have gone wrong this particular morning, had. I’d woken … Read more
Due to the recent LastPass debacle, I decided to cycle my Gmail passwords. Boy that was a mistake!! Gmail has decided that I can’t log in with “just” my password. The new password is correct. It then asks me for … Read more
I’m dirt poor. Everyone here should know that. So my phone has been failing to charge for three weeks and I bought a new phone today and can’t get it set up because the old one is dead and I … Read more
My mom got locked out of her 10yr gmail account. She doesn’t have access to the phone number she added for 2FA. This is after she has the right password and also has access to the recovery email. This basically … Read more
Imagine… Last night, lightning struck our house and burned it down. I escaped wearing only my nightclothes. In an instant, everything was vaporised. Laptop? Cinders. Phone? Ashes. Home server? A smouldering wreck. Yubikey? A charred chunk of gristle. This presents … Read more
JD Howard just wanted to watch cloud security tutorials. Howard, a construction industry worker on sabbatical, spent $4,000 on a NordicTrack X32i treadmill, lured in by its 32-inch HD screen and the opportunity to exercise body and mind. His plan … Read more