An Apple fan who has spent “nearly 30 years as a loyal customer” says they’ve been “permanently” locked out of their Apple Account due to what might be the overzealous actions of Apple’s automated anti-fraud system. It’s left them locked out of “20 years of digital life,” and it all started with the seemingly straightforward purchase of an Apple gift card.

  • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    Everyone always learns the hard way, just the same as I did - one copy is usually as good as no copies at all.

    For data you can’t afford to lose, the 3-2-1 rule is king. Original, cold local, and remote.

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      2 days ago

      Nothing said he didn’t have backups of data

      His blog post says he does have backups of the data