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Well that was amazingly useful. Someone had guessed my PW and was logging in regularly from a Windows CE device in Denver. Very odd and confusing. Scary since
by com2kid 13y ago
Well that was amazingly useful. Someone had guessed my PW and was logging in regularly from a Windows CE device in Denver.
Very odd and confusing. Scary since my Skydrive has all sorts of personal stuff in it.
2 factor is awesome, but I always fear losing access to my account. Basically it means that if I don't have my smartphone on me, I have no way to check my email except on pre-authorized computers.
This is of course the point but it also means if I am traveling and I lose my smartphone, I have no way of contacting anyone that I know. I would be completely lost in the world and unable to reach out to anyone for help.
Of course there is the recovery code, which I have a copy of in my wallet, but that does me no good in a "traveling through city, get mugged" scenario.
It is scary how reliant we are upon technology. :(
- justsomedood 13y agoCheck the IP, if you are windows phone and your phone is syncing with exchange via the cellular data network your IP may be showing somewhere completely different than where your are. Check the owner of the IP and you'll probably see that it's your cellphone carrier. I see the same logs, but in Washington and the IP is T-mobile's (my provider)
- com2kid 13y agoSome of the activity logs show "activesync", which I assume is my WP. Other log entries show logging in from Windows CE devices, which is very strange. But yes, "datacenter" was the first thing that popped into my head. Then of course there were the constant failed security question checks coming in at a rapid pace. I pretty much assume those are dangerous. I changed my PW to something insanely long with lots of nice junk in it and added two factor on top of that.