compromised yahoo mail account
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In what way is it compromised?
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i think somehow someone got my login password and changed it. i don't even remember the answer to the security question anymore.
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swjam wrote:
i don't even remember the answer to the security question anymore.
Now that's secure!
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i think somehow someone got my login password and changed it. i don't even remember the answer to the security question anymore.
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Open a new account then, if you cannot get access to that one. If you can then change the password. Hint: Never make the password unrememberable! (I use Gandalf, it is easy to remember and if you use it for everything you won't go wrong!)
------------------------------------ "May I introduce Blon Fel-Fotch Pasermeer-Day Slitheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, known by her friends as Margaret" The Doctor
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Open a new account then, if you cannot get access to that one. If you can then change the password. Hint: Never make the password unrememberable! (I use Gandalf, it is easy to remember and if you use it for everything you won't go wrong!)
------------------------------------ "May I introduce Blon Fel-Fotch Pasermeer-Day Slitheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, known by her friends as Margaret" The Doctor
Or, as Lolcat would say: "I in ur accountz, browsin' ur emailz!"
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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Open a new account then, if you cannot get access to that one. If you can then change the password. Hint: Never make the password unrememberable! (I use Gandalf, it is easy to remember and if you use it for everything you won't go wrong!)
------------------------------------ "May I introduce Blon Fel-Fotch Pasermeer-Day Slitheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, known by her friends as Margaret" The Doctor
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I use Gandalf, it is easy to remember and if you use it for everything you won't go wrong!
Only if you're a nerd working in the UK government! :)
Actually, I saw that Frankie Boyle thing, and laughed my tits off, for Gandalf is my password at work!
------------------------------------ "May I introduce Blon Fel-Fotch Pasermeer-Day Slitheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, known by her friends as Margaret" The Doctor
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Open a new account then, if you cannot get access to that one. If you can then change the password. Hint: Never make the password unrememberable! (I use Gandalf, it is easy to remember and if you use it for everything you won't go wrong!)
------------------------------------ "May I introduce Blon Fel-Fotch Pasermeer-Day Slitheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, known by her friends as Margaret" The Doctor
Hint 2: Use an unremarkable name like Gandalf as a base but add letters to the end depending on what you are logging into, e.g. GandalfCP, GandalfO2 etc. Then use KeePass to keep a record of all of them.
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Actually, I saw that Frankie Boyle thing, and laughed my tits off, for Gandalf is my password at work!
------------------------------------ "May I introduce Blon Fel-Fotch Pasermeer-Day Slitheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious, known by her friends as Margaret" The Doctor
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anyone know how this can be fixed? thanks.
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swjam wrote:
i don't even remember the answer to the security question anymore.
Now that's secure!
I never set a proper security question. I usually just fill the answer with crap because the questions are usually so easy to figure out or guess. I haven't forgotten a pwd yet and they're always fairly strong.
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
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I never set a proper security question. I usually just fill the answer with crap because the questions are usually so easy to figure out or guess. I haven't forgotten a pwd yet and they're always fairly strong.
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
you are right but my way around it is to answer the question with something that doesn't make sense. for example if i choose the question: "What month were you born?" and I answer "Orange"
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you are right but my way around it is to answer the question with something that doesn't make sense. for example if i choose the question: "What month were you born?" and I answer "Orange"
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Ah! But do you always answer 'Orange' to that question, and if not can you remember which site it was that you answered that way? If you always answer Orange, that is as bad as using the same password for everything. If you are unable to remember which site, you end up in the sort of problems you are having, when password forgotten/hijacked. I have to say, that I do as you do - nonsense answers - and can never remember which site goes with which answer. Ain't it a beyatch!
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