https://www.pcworld.com/article/3104521/teenagers-gemini-mis...
"According to Google, the situation described by that Reddit poster simply isn’t how account bans work. If one account violates Google’s TOS, that particular account may be eligible for a ban, but the ban doesn’t “stick” to the hardware, and just because other people logged in on the same device wouldn’t mean they automatically get banned, too."
Maybe not on purpose but this is known to be not how it works (amazing that being said on HackerNews): https://jackyan.com/blog/2026/04/family-loses-all-their-acco... https://www.androidauthority.com/google-account-bans-3654171...
This article was about a family in the UK.
China social credit score is a government policy which comes with government punishments.
This incident is about Google enforcing contract terms on a Google account.
What we should learn from the story is that consolidation of all services into a single account with a single company means increased harm if any contract violations are enforced.
If you get banned from an airline for violating a company policy, your life isn't over. Flying is a little less easy or maybe a little more expensive / friction. But that's different from the government banning you from flying on any aircraft.
Well, other than YouTube. Because I can get banned from YouTube and then that’s all my account was ever used for. And maybe I would just sign up with a different account then.
In security / military, this concept is "resilience". Businesses call this "business continuity planning".