Re: Being smart with computer security.
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it was his MAIL ACCOUNT that was hacked
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and just about everything I can think of that requires a password also has a function somewhere called something like “Forgot your password?” that will email your password to your email account. That means that if someone has/gets your email account password he can get the passwords to ALL your other online accounts.
“uR!6l#3Gh” is a password. “Biteme" is asking for big trouble and you’d better change it right now ... all three of you.
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Yes that is what I was saying:
1. Hotmail is very unsecure
2. Passwords to important stuff like pokeraccounts should be sent via regular mail, not hotmail.
3. Most people being scammed or getting robbed like this made some mistake before it happened. His problem was chosing a bad email provider.
Also minimizing how much you got "online" will minimize the loss incase something happens.
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