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Title: Have Yahoo tightened up their security settings?
Post by: Newportnobby on January 15, 2017, 09:36:26 AM
I ask because here I am 15 days into 2017 and no spam mails not, of course, that I want any but it just makes such a refreshing change :)
Title: Re: Have Yahoo tightened up their security settings?
Post by: Malc on January 15, 2017, 12:13:20 PM
Was it Yahoo that was hacked recently? I haven't had any spam either.
Title: Re: Have Yahoo tightened up their security settings?
Post by: Ian Bowden on January 15, 2017, 12:26:25 PM
If they have they will probably have tightened it too much as a response to the largest hack yet discovered of over a billion accounts. Incidentally it took place in August 2013 but was only discovered recently.
It is a bit of an embarrassment to them as it was found during the due diligence prior to the company being sold to Verizon (a USA phone provider).