Yahoo! was my very first email account back in the 1990's, but over the years I gravitated away from them and never went back. With all the security issues they've had over the years I'm glad I no longer use them. A lot of the time the spam I receive is from people I know who's Yahoo! accounts have been compromised, whether they used weak passwords or through security flaws, have come from Yahoo! accounts.
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At Least 500 Million Yahoo Accounts Hacked in Late 2014
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It was two years ago. The horse is already long gone. Did it take Yahoo that long to find out it had been hacked?
I'm glad I dropped Yahoo years ago. Like more than 10!
Is this release now part of a marketing agenda from Verizon, or against Verizon? They are buying Yahoo, aren't they?
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It seems more strategiary...
I'm glad I dropped Yahoo years ago. Like more than 10!
Is this release now part of a marketing agenda from Verizon, or against Verizon? They are buying Yahoo, aren't they?
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It seems more strategiary...
Ads are a larger discussion, suffice it to say for now that with the mess of malware, slow loading, bandwidth, and general useabiluty issues in mist sites, I think ad blocking helps other users because it may force change. Only a very few sites, e.g., Daring Fireball merit whitelisting IMO. Most importantly, why would you ever allow trackers to be loaded???? I would always block those even if whitelisting ads!
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Why not choose a platform that isn't based on collecting and selling your information, e.g., Apple? Then there's nothing to hack into such as your search history, emails etc!
Google sells your internet usage information. They are better than Yahoo as far as the danger of being hacked is concerned but that is setting a pretty low bar. Some of the personal information hacked at Yahoo is for sale by Google.
So given that Yahoo is either unwilling or incapable of adequately securing their system and Google does part of the hackers job for them, what services are the most secure and trustworthy right now? I prefer not to have all my eggs in one basket.
So given that Yahoo is either unwilling or incapable of adequately securing their system and Google does part of the hackers job for them, what services are the most secure and trustworthy right now? I prefer not to have all my eggs in one basket.
Setup a gmail account. Then go back into your Yahoo email and set it to forward all email to your new gmail address.
just to point out -- there werent any accounts in the early '90s. it wasnt even founded until 1994; back then it was just a hand-curated portal. yahoo mail was introduced in 1997.
^^ this!
Indeed I left yahoo as my primary after many years ago because of the spam. In fact i only use this account for companies that request it at the register or for free trial software requests.
So the keylogger on your rmachine can be sure to pick up your new one?
As far as Yahoo goes, I had an old setup that I'm pretty sure I deleted in 2011; I'm going to check it. Anyway it had fake security question answers, etc and those I vary across accounts elsewhere.
Not sure I understand how it could take so long to realize one has been hacked. There are hacks and then there are hacks. Some leave a back door open on the way out. Heh, after two years, can't be much left in the kitchen.
I recommend people try Fastmail (www.fastmail.com) - I switched all my email accounts to my domain and host my email there after leaving Google Apps. Only email provider that has consistently shown a security conscious, privacy forward business plan and you pay for it so there is no data mining.
STILL HAS SOME USE
I still use some Yahoo groups, like special ones for collectors and discontinued vehicles.
INFO NOT VERY VALUABLE?
The value of this information seems pretty low, as apparently the hacker who did it was offering to sell 200 million accounts for three Bitcoins (about $1800).
I still use some Yahoo groups, like special ones for collectors and discontinued vehicles.
INFO NOT VERY VALUABLE?
The value of this information seems pretty low, as apparently the hacker who did it was offering to sell 200 million accounts for three Bitcoins (about $1800).
iCloud was fallen with the Fappening security breach. I still have my Yahoo account but only trust Google's proactive security these days.
Was that an actual technical iCloud security exploit, or more social engineering, phishing, etc.?
When I first got on the net in 1996 Yahoo use to be my homepage. I loved Yahoo. First real email address. Made friends in the chat which changed my life. Used to play games and listen to music and even used there search.
Then after the 90's were over and the 2000's started Yahoo started to suck bad. The chats were loaded with bots, games that had they got rid of and had crappy games. Search sucked started to get porn in searches. Music service went to pay then went away. Then all I was getting on the email was spam. The last straw was when they stopped updating my home page with newer news and all I got was crappy old or unrelated news.
Then I have not used Yahoo since which has been about four years.
Then after the 90's were over and the 2000's started Yahoo started to suck bad. The chats were loaded with bots, games that had they got rid of and had crappy games. Search sucked started to get porn in searches. Music service went to pay then went away. Then all I was getting on the email was spam. The last straw was when they stopped updating my home page with newer news and all I got was crappy old or unrelated news.
Then I have not used Yahoo since which has been about four years.
