A day ago, Google announced that it will permanently delete the accounts of millions of Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar and other service users around the world as part of a “spring cleaning” of servers in December 2023. Reedus journalists to solveand not fall under the “grand purge”. According to the publication, you need to log in to your account at least once every two years in order not to lose the data accumulated over the years. Cybersecurity expert Sergey Vakulin explained that materials stored in the cloud are at risk of being stolen. At the same time, this danger is much greater for dormant personal accounts.
“Your data – correspondence, geolocation, photos, etc. – can get into the wrong hands in two main ways. The first is pseudo-stacking, password brute force. The faster the computers, the easier it is for hackers to break into other people’s accounts. Therefore, the more frequent the passwords replacement is recommended.
He added that deleting inactive accounts is primarily a way to protect “forgetful” owners from stealing their personal information.
in the company announcedthat the liquidation will only affect private accounts and not profiles owned by businesses or other organisations. It is emphasized that if a person uses their account to search Google Play, watch videos or download applications, all these actions are considered active, that is, the profile is not in danger.