11-13-2013, 12:12 PM | #46 | |
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11-13-2013, 12:40 PM | #47 | |
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Edit just to clarify a point that I think some are missing: You need to be proactive and take responsibility for keeping your accounts and your information safe. If you use passwords like 123456 or common single words, expect to lose your free and even your paid email accounts sooner or later. No matter how secure a website is, it cannot protect you against easy-to-hack passwords. If your email address changes, it's up to you to log in and update your information with the new email at all your accounts affected. Your accounts will be as safe and as permanent as you make them, free emails included. I've still got free hotmail and yahoo accounts from over 15 years ago that are still active and safe. Last edited by Ripplinger; 11-13-2013 at 06:40 PM. |
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11-13-2013, 07:09 PM | #48 | |
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11-13-2013, 08:57 PM | #49 |
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............When having sketchy wifi, the gmail connection is a bit faster than the url they send you per gmail. Of course I tried this and it doesn't work well so I am not happy with that concept of " we have prevented a false login....etc etc". It just doesn't do the job and I am very unhappy with it, being gmail the (till now)reliable and inexpensive connection with home, while being in distant places.
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11-13-2013, 09:11 PM | #50 |
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So how would you like to have either Yahoo or Google to make sure you are who say you are before they give you access to the email? There aren't many options available. Either there is another way to contact you (secondary email or mobile text) or a secret message. Do you really want every tom, dick and harry to have access to your account?
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11-13-2013, 09:53 PM | #51 |
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Uh... most everybody, I think (if you're talking about the pre-arranged security questions). You usually get to choose the questions AND the answers when you set it up. How many correct answers can there be (for you) to: "What city were you born in?"; "What was the name of your favorite pet?"; "What street did you grow up on?"; "What was the name of your elementary school?"
It's not like they hit you with random math word-problems or anything. Unless you randomly smacked your fists on the keyboard when you initially set up your security questions/answers, the questions shouldn't really stump you... even years later. |
11-14-2013, 02:57 AM | #52 |
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FastMail (www.fastmail.fm) has been providing email services for at least 10 years. I can't guarantee that they will exist forever, but I'm happy with their service and features, and gladly pay for that instead of using one of the free providers. With the enhanced account there's 15GB of email storage and 5GB of file storage. It was for a time owned by Opera (the browser people) but has now been bought back by the FastMail staff. It's based in Australia.
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11-14-2013, 03:11 AM | #53 | |
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11-14-2013, 05:19 AM | #55 | |
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11-14-2013, 06:09 AM | #56 | |
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As to the suggestion (@crich70) to use false information, I find that a bit pointless for these types of security questions. If a hacker already knows that sort of personal information about me before they try to gain access to my online accounts, I'm just plain screwed no matter what. And I've certainly got more to worry about than my email account being compromised. Pick questions/answers you can't forget, or write them down somewhere. It's not rocket science. Last edited by DiapDealer; 11-14-2013 at 06:11 AM. |
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11-14-2013, 07:01 AM | #58 |
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"Please submit a DNA sample to access your email"
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