I don't know if any of my PerlMonks associates have source code or whatever on Google Drive or important email conversations with fellow programmers on GMail, but there is a distinct possibility that some of you have been heads-down coding and are not aware of...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2023/11/28/gmail-and-photos-content-purge-starts-in-5-days-protect-your-data-now/?sh=2dae705950e7

It is not just your GMail account or pictures of you hanging out with Larry...

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/12418290#zippy=%2Cif-you-want-to-recover-your-account%2Chow-to-check-your-activity-status

Time is not on your side. ("December 1, 2023 is the earliest a Google Account will be deleted due to this policy.")

And now my editorial:

Here we are on the cusp of A.I. and the world's biggest A.I. / Search engine / Fill in the blanks company has nothing better to do than send us this Christmas present (i.e., a lump of coal)?

In reply to Google inactive account policy by Cow1337killr

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