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At around 19:00 PST, my Google account was banned without notice or notification. The ban affected all of my services with Google under the account. When I attempted to log in, I was redirected to this page:
http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=40695&hl=en&ctx=ch_ServiceLoginAuth&p=profiles
For those playing the home game, that's not a standard ban under the real names policy. That's a full account lock, signaling a more severe claim against the account. Common causes for this level of action include, from experimental evidence, a malicious party reporting a profile for Spam or Impersonation, though this is by no means the only way to disable the account of your choosing. Oh, I did mention this was exploitable, didn't I?
However, this doesn't speak much for the other end of the exchange. How did I get unbanned? And, furthermore, how did I get unbanned in a timely and painless manner?
(Standard disclaimer: this is only for informational purposes. Please don't make people's lives miserable by being a jerk with this information.)
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http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=40695&hl=en&ctx=ch_ServiceLoginAuth&p=profiles
For those playing the home game, that's not a standard ban under the real names policy. That's a full account lock, signaling a more severe claim against the account. Common causes for this level of action include, from experimental evidence, a malicious party reporting a profile for Spam or Impersonation, though this is by no means the only way to disable the account of your choosing. Oh, I did mention this was exploitable, didn't I?
However, this doesn't speak much for the other end of the exchange. How did I get unbanned? And, furthermore, how did I get unbanned in a timely and painless manner?
(Standard disclaimer: this is only for informational purposes. Please don't make people's lives miserable by being a jerk with this information.)
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