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Ruler on 16 December 2016
Captain_Yuri said:

Thankfully I got out of yahoo the moment I tried it.

 

Mr Puggsly said:
Glad I just use Yahoo for spam.

 

JRPGfan said:
Yahoo is crap... this just futher proves it.

But did you know Google can ban your email account for your Youtube activity?



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Ganoncrotch on 16 December 2016
FunFan said:
LurkerJ said:

So many Yahoo accounts, created mostly to use YAHOO IM. It was so good, it put Windows Live Messenger and Skype to shame. We called them "emoticons", not emojis. Kids these days..

You sound like a role player. *hides behind cover*

LOL

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Solid-Stark on 16 December 2016

I use it for unwanted junk mail. I hope it won't affect me in some way.



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Zkuq on 16 December 2016
Solid-Stark said:
I use it for unwanted junk mail. I hope it won't affect me in some way.

If you're using the same password somewhere else, it could bite you really, really hard. The thing with these hacks is that once they have your password, they're going to try it everywhere where they think there could be anything valuable. Or if you're using your Yahoo email as the recovery email address for some other account, that could be bad too.



Mr Puggsly on 16 December 2016

Mr Puggsly said:
Glad I just use Yahoo for spam.

But did you know Google can ban your email account for your Youtube activity?

My primary isn't Google either.



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Solid-Stark on 17 December 2016
Zkuq said:
Solid-Stark said:
I use it for unwanted junk mail. I hope it won't affect me in some way.

If you're using the same password somewhere else, it could bite you really, really hard. The thing with these hacks is that once they have your password, they're going to try it everywhere where they think there could be anything valuable. Or if you're using your Yahoo email as the recovery email address for some other account, that could be bad too.

You're right, went through some of my accounts to change the passwords



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Mr_No on 17 December 2016

I have an account I haven't used in a long time, but I'll change the password just in case.