Re: Yahoo recommends you write down account information

[n3td3v group <system_outage () yahoo com>]

I think you people are missing the point entirely. Let me tooth pick it for you since you can't work it out yourself.
   
  On http://security.yahoo.com/about_passwords.html Yahoo say, never write down your password. If you do, make sure its 
kept in a nuclear bunker.
   
  However, on sucessfully creating a new account at http://edit.yahoo.com/config/register the wording says "Yahoo 
recommends you print out this page" and gives a print out functionality link.
   
  You see, they tell you NEVER to write down your PASSWORD on one site and contradict themselves on another by 
recommending you print out all the information you would need to get a new password.
   
  Don't under estimate my intelligence and  Valdis, I can't see how you could possibily know the scope in my mind 
thought of how a print out might be used in a real life scenario. The issue of printouts isn't a problem for home users 
as the other poster mentioned, The threat comes more in small business and large corporations. However, I wasn't 
looking into the serious side of how the print out would be used to actually compromise an account. I was more having 
some fun with Yahoo Security (and some of those folks I know personally over IM and Email), in the way security 
professionals at security.yahoo.com say one advice, but then folks who setup the edit.yahoo.com/config/register are 
saying another. In other words, a break down in co-ordination at Yahoo between the security team and the folks who look 
after config/register. Anyway I spoke with someone from security last night and they confirmed it was silly, and it was 
going to be fixed.
   
  See you guys later,
   
  n3td3v (not system_outage :P)
  
Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

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