OT/ Identity theft

No, they weren't even close. That's why it was more of a surprise that
they were able to get into both accounts.
I am lucky I found it quickly. I guess it's good being someone who
checks their email multiple times a day....;-)
I have been doing some password changing now in my other on-line
accounts just to be safe, ( I hope....)

Your e-mail password was likely compromised first. Once that's done,
the
thief could have logged into eBay and clicked "Forgot your userid?" to
have
it e-mailed, and then "Forgot your password?" to have that e-mailed,
and
then your account was hijacked.

For this reason, it might not be a bad idea to have additional e-mail
addresses on your account. That way, when your password or account
information is requested or changed, it is sent to more than one place.
I
know PayPal supports this, but I do not believe eBay does. Of course
that
also assumes you have access to more than one e-mail address.

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- RODNEY

I did open a new email account today to use for my ebay and paypal
business and changed my contact info. I will try the multiple addresses
and see if I can do that also. Thanks for your help.
judy

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:39:48 -0500, "Rudeney" <rudeney@mickeypics.com>
wrote:

> A good rule of thumb is to not use the same passwords for different accounts.
>I know I am somewhat guilty of breaking that rule, but I do have a few
>"throwaway" passwords that I use for various logins where I am uncertain of
>the security.

I know this is a good rule to follow. But who can remember all those
passwords? I've tried having a password that uses different
extentions, but then I can never remember what the extentions are. So
I often end up opening a whole new account and abandoning the old one.
Or giving up on the service altogether.



Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
Accept no substitutes.

A good rule of thumb is to not use the same passwords for different
accounts.
>I know I am somewhat guilty of breaking that rule, but I do have a few
>"throwaway" passwords that I use for various logins where I am uncertain of
>the security.


I know this is a good rule to follow. But who can remember all those
passwords? I've tried having a password that uses different
extentions, but then I can never remember what the extentions are. So
I often end up opening a whole new account and abandoning the old one.
Or giving up on the service altogether.

Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
Accept no substitutes.


I have done the same thing. I just can't remember multiple passwords.
Since this identity theft I had to change some of my passwords and now
when I log into my email I invariably type in the old one and then
have to remember which of my "new" passwords is the correct one. I
changed my email, eBay and paypal passwords and
I am getting very confused....

On 26 Jun 2005 16:33:54 -0700, "Judy" <j2728@catlover.com> wrote:


>I have done the same thing. I just can't remember multiple passwords.
>Since this identity theft I had to change some of my passwords and now
>when I log into my email I invariably type in the old one and then
>have to remember which of my "new" passwords is the correct one. I
>changed my email, eBay and paypal passwords and
>I am getting very confused....

Where I work, technical support makes us change our passwords about
every two to three months. There is no way out of doing it. If you
don't change your password, you're locked out of the system and have
to walk over in person to get it taken care of. As I said earlier, I
know this is a good thing to do, but WOW! Every time they make us do
this lots of people are going nuts for a couple of weeks trying to
remember what to type in. Technical support is a part of the campus
that is dominated by techie nerds who are under 40. Don't get me
wrong, thank the maker they are there. But I just wish they would have
sympathy for us 50 somethings who don't have a lot of room left in the
brain for new minutia. Every time I change my password at work,
because it won't let you use the same one twice, I think "Which Disney
character do I want to be THIS time." And adding a 1 or a 2 or a 3 to
the original password isn't allowed. It has to be a completely new
configuration.


Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
Accept no substitutes.

Judy <j2728@catlover.com> wrote:

: I know this is a good rule to follow. But who can remember all those
: passwords? I've tried having a password that uses different
: extentions, but then I can never remember what the extentions are. So
: I often end up opening a whole new account and abandoning the old one.
: Or giving up on the service altogether.

: Dave in Dallas - The one and only!
: Accept no substitutes.


: I have done the same thing. I just can't remember multiple passwords.
: Since this identity theft I had to change some of my passwords and now
: when I log into my email I invariably type in the old one and then
: have to remember which of my "new" passwords is the correct one. I
: changed my email, eBay and paypal passwords and
: I am getting very confused....

I have a couple dozen
regular" passwords that I use, and several "throwaway" one use passwords.
In addition I have several "one and only" passwords that are a lot more
criptic (for bank and employment records, etc) that are only used for that
particular sensitive account. I do keep a list of the word(s) I use for
each account, but I was interrested in codes and cyphers from an early age
so I am able to make a code that I keep the key only in my head, and all
the passwords in the list are encoded. In this way I can safely have a
list to help my memory for less used account passwords, but even if the
list leaves my hands it is very unlikely that it would do anyone any good.

BTW when I change one of my "regular" passwords for another one I do not
use a consistant rotation so even if someone learns one password (and
history of that account) they can not infer what the password progression
on another account will be.

Randy

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Randy Berbaum
Champaign, IL