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An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card (www.techradar.com)
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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.

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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 40 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine having all your important data in just one place.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 24 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] kamen@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's what I keep telling myself.

I'll sort out my backup system, tomorrow.

And tomorrow never comes.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

[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/.]

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 31 minutes 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.]

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

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 😞