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Definitely! A while back Yahoo! purged a ton of addresses and allowed individuals to signup with them to get unique/clean email handles. I was able to grab myf
by indianhippie 6y ago
Definitely! A while back Yahoo! purged a ton of addresses and allowed individuals to signup with them to get unique/clean email handles.
I was able to grab myfirstname@yahoo.com. The address looks neat.
Since I’ve had that address, I’ve received password reset emails, bank documents, airline tickets and what not.
Massive security hole is an understatement.
- Fifer82 6y agoThe old yahoo chat days were my favourite internet days. I used to have a great friendship with people in "Hackers Lounge: 1" and everyone used to be 1337 for cracking original names like you said. I got my first name, and a few friends and I had illegals like \\//\\//estside and H a C K e R and .oO(d00t) which weren't compatible with the email service. It's a pity that a generation later, the internet meant facebook and not the kind of inquisitive fun I experienced! (maybe I should have played more sport lol).