500 Million Yahoo accounts BREACHED!

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the largest breach on record


allegedly compromised two years ago

what should we teks make of this?

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welp, my password has changed

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Why would you use Yahoo in the first place.....

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I use it for things that require an email but I don't intend to use for important things... like when I had my ipod i used it for the itunes account for example

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I would think Gmail or protonmail is a better email service

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I use Gmail for more important stuff

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Well the point was why use yahoo, when you can have more than one gmail, and really now with protonmail its even easier to have multiple "secure" email accounts, important or not. Yahoo has been kinda shady for years, I mean do you, just don't get it myself.

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My parents started me off with an AOL email when I was younger. It has now become a trash email account. Lol
Yahoo? Really not surprised.

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I've had the same e-mail for like, 10 years at this point

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oomph

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Wonder if they also got Flickr passwords...

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Changed password earlier, added my phone number a few months ago. Should be good.

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Both my Yahoo accounts are flooded with useless spam. Nothing important on either.

I can't even remember what the password was for one of them.

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Verizon right now:

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I use to have a Yahoo email, but I haven't used it in so long.

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lol me too, I made a yahoo account when I was kid and email was still new and cool

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Yep, two step is essential

And yes my primary email is a Yahoo

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Lol i forgot wether i have a yahoo-account or not. And it might have my classic password (smart ikr).
Wat do :/ change all others i suppose

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KeePass with 2 factor Dropbox using 2 factor gmail. Cross platform and works wonders.

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