GMAIL's 5,000,000 compromised email accounts were not "hacked". But the result of harvesting through phishing scams or easily guessable passwords such as password over time. If you fall for this, then who's fault is it?...
Bad choice of words on my part. Just heard part of it on TV news story.
No, I don't fall for just anything and really I don't care they are free emails, but in the past year I do care when I am unable to even access my yahoo and/or outlook more times than I care to have it happen. Sure wasn't like that years ago. :(
I've had 4 free emails with godaddy for 8 years now and not a problem.
Just opened up one with Network solutions will see how that goes.
I found with especially yahoo, if you have a friend that emails you and they have the insistent need to CC 40 of their friends every time they send an email....THAT is when my accounts get compromised. And if I take the time and effort to see where the phishing emails are coming from I usually find the address within the CC's list of a friend.:R
I blocked everyone I know that has a list of cc's and that seemed to help stop it.
