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  The notification usually arrives at 3:00 AM. The subject line is generic: "Action Required: Your Google Play Account has been terminated." Inside, the reasoning is vague, citing "Prior violations of the Developer Program Policies" or "Association with a terminated account." For studio managers and freelancers, this is not just an inconvenience; it is an existential threat. If Google’s automated enforcement bots link your new account to a previously banned entity—whether via a shared WiFi network, a reused testing device, or a recycled Keystore—the new account is terminated instantly. This is the  Association Ban . This article analyzes the technical heuristics Google uses to fingerprint developer identities and provides a "Clean Room" protocol to isolate environments effectively. The Root Cause: The Entity Graph To solve association bans, you must understand  how  Google detects relationships. Google does not look at accounts in isolation; it b...