Gmail Accidentally Resets 150,000 Accounts 401
tsj5j writes "Many users have reported loss of their Gmail accounts, as they signed in to find their email accounts reset — losing years of email history. This appears to be a result of a bug which treats existing owners as new users. For those affected, Google is currently trying to resolve the problem. For the rest of us, perhaps this is a timely reminder to backup our data and be less trusting of the cloud."
Tag it (Score:2, Funny)
I think I'd be okay if my inbox got erased.. (Score:5, Funny)
At least, I wouldn't then have to clean it.
Yay cloud. (Score:2, Funny)
Yay cloud.
I haven't paid anything for this but (Score:5, Funny)
I demand my money back!
Re:Only I value my data enough to protect it prope (Score:5, Funny)
...And I don't eve trust that person to do it properly.
After all, a simple typo can completely screw up the meaning of an automated backup script!