[Discuss] Google wants images of my passport, driver's license, bank statement, etc.

[Edward Ned Harvey (blu)]

> From: Derek Martin [mailto:invalid at pizzashack.org]
> 
> I'm honestly not sure what to make of this...  On the one hand, you
> got Google to back down from their excessively draconian security
> policies, so yay!  But on the other hand, someone at Google security
> seems to be convinced that these measures are useful and important,
> yet they allowed you to bypass them basically by complaining about
> them.  

I think you're overlooking one of the important factors:  Before they made a decision, I was able to figure out (probably) why they put my account on hold, and I wrote an explanation of that situation, and also explained how it won't happen again.

They wouldn't tell me (at first level support) why my account was on hold, and I don't know if level 2 was ever going to tell me.  So if you can't figure out why your account is on hold, all by yourself, you might not have the advantage that I had.