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raldi
on June 19, 2013
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Log in to Yahoo by July 15th to keep your email ad...
What if, five years ago when you signed up for purephase1234@gmail.com, you listed purephase1234@yahoo.com as your recovery address?
Now, thanks to this move by Yahoo, your Google account is in danger of being compromised.
purephase
on June 20, 2013
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Which, honestly, it kind of a dumb move on Google's part. I was never a fan of that recovery address process. The 2-factor auth they've implemented since is much better.
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Now, thanks to this move by Yahoo, your Google account is in danger of being compromised.