http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660I guess you post so much Google thinks you must be a robot. http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment11http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment11Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:23:04 GMTAbout a month and a half ago, some Google servers were hacked. There were quite a few user credentials stolen. Google has implemented some security measures that can seem as paranoid. Both my wife and my account were locked out, and we had to do the SMS thing. This was for Gmail, as far as I've been able to corroborate. A couple other friends had their credentials stolen as well. The hackers have been sending spam, until we changed our passwords. I actually saw several attempts to use my account while logged in. http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment10http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment10Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:57:36 GMTYou aren't the first person that has been locked out of Google Groups for unknown and/or semi-random reasons. You might consider creating a secondary admin account in case it happens again. http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment9http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment9Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:06:47 GMTThe must have screwed up their triple negative if ;) http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment8http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment8Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:42:30 GMTnamespace Ayende.Access { using System; using System.Reflection; class Access { private static void Main(string[] args) { var shouldWe = new ShouldWe(); shouldWe.LetAyendeIn(); } } public sealed class ShouldWe : GoogleGroupAccess { } public abstract class GoogleGroupAccess { public virtual void LetAyendeIn() { Console.WriteLine("Welcome Oren!"); } public GoogleGroupAccess() { if (!IfWeShouldNot("LetAyendeIn", GetType())) { Console.WriteLine("Sorry\n The owner of the group has banned you from this group."); Console.ReadKey(); } } private bool IfWeShouldNot(string methodName, Type derivedType) { MethodInfo method = derivedType.GetMethod(methodName); return method != null && (method.Attributes & MethodAttributes.NewSlot) == 0 && derivedType.IsSealed; } } } http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment7http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment7Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:39:26 GMTWhat evil did you do to the group? Did you say: "java coding is programming once, debugging everywhere"? http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment6http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment6Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:33:38 GMTDid you piss yourself off, perhaps? http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment5http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment5Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:38:24 GMTDefinitively agree with James :) surely your dark side banned you from the group :). Alk. http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment4http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment4Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:57:18 GMTMaybe you have a split personality and your evil side blocked you out for a laugh? http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment3http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment3Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:50:32 GMTMaybe someone tried to brute force their way into your account so Google locked it out? Agreed on the error messages! http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment2http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment2Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:55:21 GMTI didn't know Google account could expire? I think Google have to work on their 'error' messages.. http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment1http://ayende.com/4536/wtf-google-groups-really-hates-me#comment1Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:34:22 GMT