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The questions were set years ago. Though documents can be forged, there have to be other methods to get your rightful account back if you are indeed the owner a
by goldenkey 12y ago
The questions were set years ago. Though documents can be forged, there have to be other methods to get your rightful account back if you are indeed the owner and there's something messed up with the secret questions. The account isn't on its own accord, it belongs to a _person_. What if a person is in an accident and has amnesia? They forfeit their online identities? Ridiculous....
- SamReidHughes 12y ago> Though documents can be forged, there have to be other methods to get your rightful account back if you are indeed the owner and there's something messed up with the secret questions. No there doesn't. Yahoo has no way of knowing that you are actually the owner. Nor are they obligated to go out of the way to verify ownership (which would pretty much require in-person verification, and be expensive, and even then that only works if the user signed up with personal information matching their real life identity). > They forfeit their online identities? Yes, that is how online accounts work. If you don't like it then use a more expensive email service with such features, or take better care of your passwords by writing them down. If things were ran your way, everybody's email would be accessible to every little Mitnick crawling around out there.
- goldenkey 12y agoJust because social engineering exists, doesn't mean we should have to forfeit our online accounts because businesses can't support the costs of verification in extreme circumstances. I find your stance arcane.
- nemothekid 12y agoSo you are suggesting businesses should go bankrupt instead of telling you are SoL?
- goldenkey 12y agoIf the business is email, then yes.