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When losing digital access means losing your memories

I got locked out of my Google account for suspicious activity and lost access to ten years of photos and emails and documents and I feel like I have lost part of my life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The centralization of personal digital life in corporate platforms creates catastrophic single points of failure for human memory and identity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital rights as human rights?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.