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Alex October 4th, 2017 7:48 AM

I had a Yahoo account yeeeears ago. I haven't used it in a very long time, so I'm happy I avoided this unscathed. But this is extremely scary and alarming for everyone involved, including email alternatives to Yahoo. Hackers know that people keep very valuable data within their email. Perhaps this will be a wake-up call not to keep so much private information in the archives of the web.

colours October 4th, 2017 7:49 AM

Yahoo was already done for years ago. The nail was already in the coffin I believe when there was no hope of their shares ever going up the way it used to back in the day. If by some reason they're still chugging, then I don't see them recovering after something like this.

It really brings to light why people just don't switch to more secure email services than Yahoo. I don't think Yahoo in particular has the greatest reputation for security, here.

string555 October 4th, 2017 9:22 AM

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised it's still being used anyway. But what about AskJeeves, that place is still okay, right?! XD

As someone said, people often have a treasure trove of personal info in their emails, so now all of that is out there for those accounts. It seems like Computer Security 101 should be a required course in school, in these modern times. I'm not saying that would have prevented a lot of this, but I feel this is a good place to say it anyways. :P

Pinkie-Dawn October 4th, 2017 9:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McCree (Post 9767970)
I had a Yahoo account yeeeears ago. I haven't used it in a very long time, so I'm happy I avoided this unscathed. But this is extremely scary and alarming for everyone involved, including email alternatives to Yahoo. Hackers know that people keep very valuable data within their email. Perhaps this will be a wake-up call not to keep so much private information in the archives of the web.

Same here, but it's really frightening to hear this news as I haven't fully moved my notifications from my Yahoo account to a new account.

Sawsbuck October 4th, 2017 9:44 AM

And you wonder why hardly anyone uses Yahoo anymore lol

Sothis October 4th, 2017 10:25 AM

idk if I did, unless tumblr was on yahoo back then I'm ok

Sheep October 6th, 2017 3:22 PM

huge sigh /:
My Yahoo e-mail is my main e-mail for work/professional things. I really want to just quit and use Gmail for everything but it's so hard at this point when my ymail is already linked to almost all my job stuff and established. This stinks and I don't trust Yahoo to keep my information secure.

Tsutarja October 6th, 2017 5:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 9769541)
huge sigh /:
My Yahoo e-mail is my main e-mail for work/professional things. I really want to just quit and use Gmail for everything but it's so hard at this point when my ymail is already linked to almost all my job stuff and established. This stinks and I don't trust Yahoo to keep my information secure.

You could always create a Gmail account for your work stuff and then set up forwarding in your Yahoo account and do business as usual that way:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN22028.html

Sheep October 6th, 2017 5:51 PM

I did that, but I just couldn't manage it for some reason. I need the account to be directly there =s Plus it meant that I'd have to sign in between my personal and professional gmails, which was pretty tedious lol. #firstworldproblems

I'll figure out what I want to do at some point! But Yahoo mail is pretty crap and clunky because of the interface, and ads if you don't have them blocked. Gmail loads a lot faster.

Raffy98 October 7th, 2017 12:48 AM

I never had a Yahoo account, but one of my friends has got one and he still uses it to this day, guess I should tell something to him about this. Maybe this time he will finally switch over to something more secure like Gmail or Outlook.

Yukari October 7th, 2017 1:40 AM

Good thing I've never had a Yahoo account. ¯\_(?)_/¯

Tsutarja October 7th, 2017 8:17 AM

Just a reminder: if you are a tumblr and/or a Flickr user: then this impacts you.

colours October 7th, 2017 8:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsutarja (Post 9769988)
Just a reminder: if you are a tumblr and/or a Flickr user: then this impacts you.

legit just changed my password on tumblr once i saw this post, cause i wasn't sure whether or not tumblr was really affected D:

Desert Stream~ October 7th, 2017 1:16 PM

wow I'm glad I decided not to make a tumblr account. I was this close | | O_o.


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