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Re: Yahoo! Instant Messenger
From: Bill Fumerola <billf () MU ORG>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:44:58 -0600
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:22:07PM -0500, Matthew Keller wrote:
You're assuming that the person who holds both a YIM account and a Wallet account uses a different password. I'd bet willing to wager that near five-9's of the YIM/wallet users use the same account name and password, thus making any disclosure of their password a problem.
All those involved with this thread should check their information before posting. The overview of the Yahoo security key can be found at: http://help.yahoo.com/help/skey/index.html An overview of the Yahoo wallet can be found at: http://help.yahoo.com/help/wallet/index.html The following link explains that your Yahoo password must be a different password then your Yahoo Security Key. It also explains that the security key MUST be used to access billpay, auctions, etc: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/skey/skey-12.html Hopefully this addresses all concerns raised on this list. -- Bill Fumerola / billf () FreeBSD org
Current thread:
- Yahoo! Instant Messenger Shaun O'Callaghan (Jan 15)
- Re: Yahoo! Instant Messenger Michael S. Fischer (Jan 16)
- Re: Yahoo! Instant Messenger Matthew Keller (Jan 16)
- Re: Yahoo! Instant Messenger Bill Fumerola (Jan 17)
- Re: Yahoo! Instant Messenger Matthew Keller (Jan 16)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Yahoo! Instant Messenger Josh Higham (Jan 17)
- Re: Yahoo! Instant Messenger Michael S. Fischer (Jan 16)