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Same if you move physical locations and your mail forwarding expires. If you haven't logged in for 12 months, can it really be that important?
by ddunkin 13y ago
Same if you move physical locations and your mail forwarding expires. If you haven't logged in for 12 months, can it really be that important?
- dantheman 13y agoYou changed addresses but forgot to update your bank to the new email address. Then someone resets the password using the new one and empties your bank account. Passwords are tied to email addresses unfortunately.
- hackinthebochs 13y agoExactly, this is analogous to your home address. Bad things can happen if people send mail to an address you don't live at anymore; it comes with the territory. I think a year is actually a bit short, but there should absolutely be some expiration date on accounts like email addresses. Five years seems like it would be more appropriate. Five years on the internet is an eternity.
- refurb 13y agoNot sure about the home address analogy. I don't know about you, but I don't open mail that doesn't have my name on it, even if it has my address. Maybe I'm just being naive, but it seems to me that someone getting a letter addressed to you is much less of an issue than someone getting your email.
- hackinthebochs 13y agoThe risk regarding email isn't that someone gets it, it's that someone dastardly gets it. I think that same exact risk applies in real life.