Why Google Accounts Should Be Treated as Critical Infrastructure

> Just ask your parents, who are in their mid-60s, why they not host their own email and LDAP server.

…wait, what? I’m in my mid-50s, and I do.

Sure, you need to establish trust with the major providers like gMail, but having an account there and passing some eMails back and forth every year tends to do the trick just fine.