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Re: How to secure my yahoo account
From: "J. Yoon" <supercool9000 () hotmail com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:55:32 -0500
Just change your password to something else, but if you want more security go with something that allows encryption such as PGP
Anyway, does anyone know if there's any recent security holes in yahoo-mail?I'm a bit curious now since no one i know seems to recommend anyone to use yahoo anymore.
As for me, I use Yahoo sometimes because of it's convenience and less junk mail.
1) Yahoo mail freezes your account after several bad password entry attempts. It's very difficult to run any type of bruteforce passwd cracker with a yahoo account (or for any other webmail for that matter) 2) You can turn off hidden HTTP links so that junk mails can't track you with port80 type links.
3) During Sign-on, u can click "secure" so that you can login securely...(although it seems like yahoo's switching between secure and insecure servers at times. not sure if they still do) 4) they give you decent storage amount... about 4megs although it used to be 6
j
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- How to secure my yahoo account Farid (Jan 20)
- Re: How to secure my yahoo account Byron Sonne (Jan 21)
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- Re: How to secure my yahoo account Brecrost Jones (Jan 20)
- Re: How to secure my yahoo account Meritt James (Jan 20)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account Duston Sickler (Jan 20)
- Re: How to secure my yahoo account DC O'Dcriscoll & Associates (Jan 27)
- Re: How to secure my yahoo account J. Yoon (Jan 20)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account Moody, Chris (Jan 21)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account J. Yoon (Jan 26)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account D.E. Chadbourne (Jan 26)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account Ferruh Mavituna (Jan 27)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account Moody, Chris (Jan 28)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account Ferruh Mavituna (Jan 28)
- RE: How to secure my yahoo account Ow Mun Heng (Jan 29)