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.
Imagine having all your important data in just one place.
You either 1) have a backup or 2) will have a backup next time.
That’s what I keep telling myself.
I’ll sort out my backup system, tomorrow.
And tomorrow never comes.
[Genuinely did tell myself that last night… this morning…: [2025-12-16 02:40:20] <Digit> 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/.]
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.]
Some people, yes. 1 hit is what they need to start backing up. Others thay just know. Then there’s the others, who Wil suffer again, and again, and… you get the idea 😞