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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Some Yahoo users describe recycled email addresses
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Wed Sep 25 14:29:57 2013
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:13:06 -0700
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Some Yahoo users describe recycled email addresses as a security nightmare
http://j.mp/1h1hxO2 (Verge)
"If reports from Information Week are correct, Yahoo's scheme to free
up vacant usernames may not be working as well as it hoped. Last
month, Yahoo began offering derelict account IDs to users who had
requested them, reinvigorating its aging email system. While critics
raised security concerns, Yahoo said it had taken precautions to stop
old mail - from something as innocuous as a mailing list or as harmful
as a password reset system - from reaching new users. In interviews
with at least three people, however, Information Week found that some
recycled accounts are more like zombies than miracle resurrections."
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