[ NNSquad ] Some Yahoo users describe recycled email addresses as a security nightmare

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Some Yahoo users describe recycled email addresses as a security nightmare

http://j.mp/1h1hxO2  (Verge)

   "If reports from Information Week are correct, Yahoo's scheme to free
    up vacant usernames may not be working as well as it hoped. Last
    month, Yahoo began offering derelict account IDs to users who had
    requested them, reinvigorating its aging email system. While critics
    raised security concerns, Yahoo said it had taken precautions to stop
    old mail - from something as innocuous as a mailing list or as harmful
    as a password reset system - from reaching new users. In interviews
    with at least three people, however, Information Week found that some
    recycled accounts are more like zombies than miracle resurrections."

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--Lauren--
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Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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