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Remember that if you deleted your account the last time a breach was reported, DO NOT attempt to login to that account to check, as this will reset the decativa
by djhworld 10y ago
Remember that if you deleted your account the last time a breach was reported, DO NOT attempt to login to that account to check, as this will reset the decativation window of 90 days before permanent deletion.
I made that mistake last time, "deleted" my yahoo account when there was a breach, promptly forgot about doing that, then about 75 days later another breach was announced, so I logged in to "delete" my account....now I have to wait another 90 days before it's gone.
- a1a 10y agoI'd recommend deleting all content associated with the account and removing the address from any third party site (recovery etc). I would however never actually delete the account. My concern with deleting the account is that it exposes you to some really nasty impersonation attacks. It is free to keep. Just keep it.
- ma2rten 10y agoI don't know about Yahoo, but most services will not allow to reregister a previously deleted account.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoI vaguely recall that yahoo does recycle old email addresses.
- home_boi 10y agoI agree. The act of deleting the account isn't even a guarantee that the data associated with the account will be deleted.