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It's been some years that I am not able to log in to my Google account, because I stopped using it for a very long time any Google product, and now even providing my password, they say they can not know if it is me or now...

They send me to this support page which seems like I have lost my account with all the data and stuff I had from when I was younger...

I don't think this is normal or ethic to do (I know Google has been never ethic), but this makes me so angry because I never wanted to lose all that data...

Do they basically know every people networks? And if you don't let them know... you lose access to Google? ... ๐Ÿ˜ 

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, is there a tutorial on how Borg gets the Takeout files ? Do I have to do that manually or is there an automated process to hand over the take out files for me ?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not that I'm aware of, I'm doing the Takeout part by myself.

You can however request the Takeout to be recurring, e.g. once every N months. Or you can just request a one time takeout.

I did the latter just to know how much space it takes, but I'm going for the recurring ones from now on. Google will send you a mail once the Takeout archive(s) is/are ready for download.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll try automate the whole process, if successful, I'll post about it.