[giltron]

The exact comment was "Or maybe reset your phone before giving it to others (for any purpose)?"

If my phone was account was hacked and someone said this to me directly, I would take it as a personal shot.

Not sure why you are trying to detract of the alleged incident by trying to claim the victim is being "toxic".

[systemvoltage]

> "Or maybe reset your phone before giving it to others (for any purpose)?"

Yeah that's not a nice thing to say as well. But I don't sense any sexist aspect in there. Personal shots can be ignored instead of adding more fuel to the fire.

> Not sure why you are trying to detract of the alleged incident by trying to claim the victim is being "toxic".

I don't think I was, just pointing out a couple of odd aspects of people going off on Twitter without proof. I did say we should take this seriously but also expect hard proof to back up their claims.

[giltron]

I believe tweets like this gets put on Twitter for several reasons:

1) Victim receives unsatisfactory response from Google (or no meaningful response from Google which I have personally experienced). They seek public attention to get Google to acknowledge the issue.

ie. The victim followed the official steps for remotely wiping the phone (as it would not turn on) but appears that didn't work. https://mobile.twitter.com/avantgame/status/1467242719273631...

2) They are seeking public attention/support. They may be looking for others with similar experiences that might help.

Helpful responses include steps they can take to protect themselves right now.

3) Smear Google - We can wait and see but I do not see an indication of this at this time.