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It's even worse! Their website is so broken you can't change your password (new password fields are disabled) and you can't set a new email address as primary (

by lucian1900 14y ago

It's even worse! Their website is so broken you can't change your password (new password fields are disabled) and you can't set a new email address as primary (the "make primary" button only appears when the new email address field is empty). Also, if you first add a new email address, save, then set it to primary, it disappears. Wtf. I see no recourse other than closing my account, if that's still possible. [edit] No, not even that is possible.

frontsideair 14y ago
I'm having the exactly same problem, and I can't believe they're doing it. They won't even let us protect ourselves. Could they botch worse than that?
jtraub 14y ago
I guess it was done to prevent account stealing while Microsoft works on appropriate fix
TobbenTM 14y ago
Never use enter to complete forms, use the mouse. That works for me.
anonymoushn 14y ago
This appears to be a bug. After adding the email address and clicking save, logging out, and logging in, I found the email address was successfully added. At this point I could change it to the primary one, click save, paste my password, and click the button on the password prompt to successfully change my primary email address. If I tried to add the email and make it primary in one session, it would not work. If I entered my password and hit enter, it would not work.
- jrabone 14y ago
  Doesn't work for me - I can add a new email address, but when I sign out and back in it's vanished. Feels like they might have disabled parts of the account management system.
  - zamryok 14y ago
    The site is very buggy indeed. But it is possible to change the primary email adress if, when you are prompted to retype your password, you "type password and click button by mouse, not by "Enter" key" (as the post says). Maybe that would work for you...
davedx 14y ago
And when you try to change your password: Character not recognized. Please choose a mix of letters and numbers. ...
pawelwentpawel 14y ago
On top of that a lot of people have their Skype accounts integrated with facebook having their one and only email accounts published over there.
loboman 14y ago
The solution is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/13664q/skype_vulnerability_allowing_hijacking_of_any/c715m20 http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/13664q/skype_vulnera...

frontsideair 14y ago

I'm having the exactly same problem, and I can't believe they're doing it. They won't even let us protect ourselves. Could they botch worse than that?

jtraub 14y ago

I guess it was done to prevent account stealing while Microsoft works on appropriate fix

TobbenTM 14y ago

Never use enter to complete forms, use the mouse. That works for me.

anonymoushn 14y ago

This appears to be a bug. After adding the email address and clicking save, logging out, and logging in, I found the email address was successfully added. At this point I could change it to the primary one, click save, paste my password, and click the button on the password prompt to successfully change my primary email address. If I tried to add the email and make it primary in one session, it would not work. If I entered my password and hit enter, it would not work.

jrabone 14y ago
Doesn't work for me - I can add a new email address, but when I sign out and back in it's vanished. Feels like they might have disabled parts of the account management system.
- zamryok 14y ago
  The site is very buggy indeed. But it is possible to change the primary email adress if, when you are prompted to retype your password, you "type password and click button by mouse, not by "Enter" key" (as the post says). Maybe that would work for you...

davedx 14y ago

And when you try to change your password: Character not recognized. Please choose a mix of letters and numbers. ...

pawelwentpawel 14y ago

On top of that a lot of people have their Skype accounts integrated with facebook having their one and only email accounts published over there.

loboman 14y ago

The solution is here: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/13664q/skype_vulnerability_allowing_hijacking_of_any/c715m20 http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/13664q/skype_vulnera...