It looks like a bunch of people had all of their email deleted from their GMail accounts after hackers took advantage of a Firefox exploit.

The comments on Techcrunch are interesting: The dilemma is, of course, that if Google were to keep backups of our deleted email they leave us vulnerable to subpoenas and by not keeping backups, we’re vulnerable to data loss. My solution is here. If this doesn’t work for you and you’re a GMail or other webmail user, figure out a way to back up the mail that matters to you, because I don’t see Google changing their backup policies anytime soon.

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