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Tell HN: Need help, locked out of Google account with 10 years of personal data (Score: 151+ in 6 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/c/6jayp
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 account" message
- Set new password + recovery info but kept getting redirected to login
- Received "unusual activity" warning (around the time I was asleep)
- System asks for old phone number (lost in 2022)
- Have tried recovery dozens of times through g.co/recover
- Still have access to old recovery email but system never asks for it it
What I've tried:
- Using same devices and network as always (google pixel)
- Multiple recovery attempts with both old/new phone numbers
- Both old/new passwords (then never say which one they accept)
- Following all official Google recovery guides
I have so much of my life there:
- Primary email communications
- Password manager data
- Business documents and projects
- Personal documents
- Google Drive contents
- Contacts
- OAuth access to numerous services
- Years of irreplaceable data
I've exhausted all official channels and online resources. The thought of permanently losing access to this account is terrifying. Has anyone successfully recovered their account in a similar situation? Any Google employees or security experts who might be able to help?
This account represents my entire digital identity, and I'm desperate for any guidance or assistance.
An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews (Score: 151+ in 11 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j9SV
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j9SV
RNA-targeting CRISPR reveals that noncoding RNAs are not 'junk' (❄️ Score: 150+ in 1 week)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6iJDb
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6iJDb
I algorithmically donated $5000 to Open Source (❄️ Score: 151+ in 3 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6iWvP
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6iWvP
DSPy – Programming–not prompting–LMs (Score: 150+ in 19 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j8tn
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j8tn
Postgres for everything (e/Postgres) (Score: 152+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j9Hg
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j9Hg
Next-level frosted glass with backdrop-filter (❄️ Score: 151+ in 4 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6iTt5
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6iTt5
Mistakes as a new manager (Score: 152+ in 14 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j7Lk
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j7Lk
Lies I was told about collab editing, Part 1: Algorithms for offline editing (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j8y3
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j8y3
A transport protocol's view of Starlink (❄️ Score: 150+ in 6 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6iMEY
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6iMEY
Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-source fork (🔥 Score: 152+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j8hb
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j8hb
Debian opens a can of username worms (Score: 151+ in 12 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j6G8
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j6G8
TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court (🔥 Score: 154+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j7Az
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j7Az
Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round (Score: 155+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j7ed
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j7ed
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles (Score: 150+ in 8 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j6Kz
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j6Kz
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis!
To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout!
Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy". But IMO it's better to actually see a picture of the timber roof while scrolling rather than having to click through to the article.
Hiroshi Nagai: Japan's Sun-Drenched Americana (❄️ Score: 150+ in 5 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6iPyr
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6iPyr
Just: Just a Command Runner (🔥 Score: 153+ in 2 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6jaPF
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6jaPF
Show HN: Countless.dev – A website to compare every AI model: LLMs, TTSs, STTs (Score: 154+ in 8 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j9Zt
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j9Zt
Biggest shell programs (Score: 150+ in 15 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j9hu
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Sensible SQLite Defaults (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j6SU
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j6SU
Structured Outputs with Ollama (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j9iJ
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j9iJ
RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind [video] (Score: 151+ in 6 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j9kR
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j9kR
OpenAI Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program (Score: 150+ in 12 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j89B
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j89B
My second year without a job (Score: 152+ in 8 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j8yU
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j8yU
Rivian is opening its charging network to other EVs (Score: 150+ in 10 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j7hs
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j7hs
Fructose in diet enhances tumor growth: research (🔥 Score: 150+ in 2 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j8qJ
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j8qJ
Every UUID Dot Com (🔥 Score: 177+ in 1 hour)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j83Y
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j83Y
Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees (🔥 Score: 161+ in 1 hour)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j7YM
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j7YM
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct (🔥 Score: 159+ in 2 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j7Je
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j7Je
Install postmarketOS on Android phone and use Docker as a home server (Score: 152+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6j7iB
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6j7iB