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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 44 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Imagine having all your important data in just one place.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You either 1) have a backup or 2) will have a backup next time.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's what I keep telling myself.

    I'll sort out my backup system, tomorrow.

    And tomorrow never comes.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    [Genuinely did tell myself that last night... this morning...: [2025-12-16 02:40:20] rts do backups script... for tmro's early hard thing. just make a start. it can grow later. rsync to BOTH bb6/bkps/ and ovhtoo:/home/digit/bkps/.]

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    Spent the productive part of the day writing more precious things, inadequately backed up.

    [Edit: But, at least it's of my own choosing. Not a corporation doing it to me, with future-faking promises to be faithful to my needs, and so on.]

  • source
  • parent