A branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks.
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How did my email get hacked? What to do next?
I use Hotmail. My password was strong (upper/lower case letters, digits, and special characters. No dictionary words. It was only 8 characters, maybe that was the problem?
I only use this password ...
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How worried should I be that my gmail is showing IMAP access from an Amazon EC2 instance?
When I click that link at the bottom of my gmail screen where it says "Last account activity: 0 minutes ago at IP 50.19.49.49 Details". I click the link and sure enough, it shows accesses from my own ...
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Yahoo Mail “Strongly Believed to Be Compromised”
When I went to log into my Yahoo Mail account, Yahoo stated that it strongly believed that my account had been compromised. I'm not sure how it happened. My guess is that Yahoo was hacked.
I reset ...
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Is someone hijacking my online accounts?
Basically, someone else on the internet is trying to access various accounts under my name and registering new ones with my email address. From the information I can glean, it seems likely that the ...
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How, exactly, does a Facebook worm work?
I initially had assumed that a FB friend of mine was spreading a malicious link because she had innocently accepted an app and given it privileges, but she says that's not the case. See the exchange:
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How Yahoo Mail login page could store cookie on some different path on user's system?
Some time ago in Yahoo Mail's login page, there was an option to keep signature as text or image on user's system. So even after user logged out and come back again, can see the signature on the same ...
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Email is not secure, but what about Gmail using HTTPS, and if sending to myself?
I sometimes send myself some notes using Gmail, but I think if it is regular email, anybody on the Internet backbone or routing place can read your email, so it is not private...
But Gmail uses ...
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Want name only to appear after signing into gmail account, not my email address
I have been the victim of identity theft and I don't want my email address to show after I have signed in GMail. I want only the name to appear, as I use laptop in public places.
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Preventing Google Docs from opening a password protected document
How do I prevent Microsoft documents from being opened in Google Docs?
I used to email password-protect Excel/Word documents to myself for retrieval at another computer but then realized that anyone ...
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Why is Gmail using Yahoo! Mail certificates?
I just got an error in Firefox 4 when trying to log into Gmail:
mail.google.com is using an invalid certificate
This certificate is only valid for *.mail.yahoo.com mail.yahoo.com
I use ...
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How can I get Gmail to support S/MIME?
I have Outlook configured to automatically sign and encrypt (when possible) outgoing messages. When I send mail to my Gmail (for testing, to see how this appears to addressees) I see that Gmail ...
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Looking for a secure and private web blog that I can use offline at times [closed]
Is there any web blog that I can use privately and securely? I would like to connect to my blog from any terminal and not risk losing it due to losing my computer. As a bonus is there any web blog ...
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How does application specific passwords with Googles two-factor auth work?
When you activate Googles two-factor authentication you will have to use some application specific passwords for applications that don't support two-factor authentication. How does the application ...
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Security of a Yahoo! ID Beyond Passwords?
I would just like to ask if there's a way to secure my Yahoo! ID information beyond passwords? What I mean is for example, Google has implemented a 2-way verification wherein, after a Google account ...
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Is it safe to use Google Apps For Business: Spreadsheets to keep track of passwords?
Google Apps for Business is supposed to be secure enough for corporate data, as described in their FAQ: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/faq.html
They say "We also undergo regular security ...
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Google Calendar Security/Privacy Concerns?
I would - not for me but for an older, tech-noob person - like to set up Google Calendar for the sole purpose of syncing his mobile phone with his Thunderbird/Lightning.
Since I have never used (most ...
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Any risk in replying to a message on Facebook?
I got a message from someone I've never met before, or even heard of, from Nigeria. He wants to learn to write Java code and is asking me if I can recommend any websites or e-books to help him. He ...
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Security of data handling by LastPass
How does LastPass keep your data secure? Can their employees see your data?
I've always used offline ways for (password/sensitive data) storage, but lately I keep hearing good things about LastPass. ...
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How can I get notified if someone tries to prevent me from accessing my GMail or Yahoo! Mail accounts?
Let's say I have a GMail or Yahoo! account and another person knows my password. (I had to tell him the password because both of us are using the same account for a common purpose.)
Now, is there are ...
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How is my password sent across when I check gmails/access bank site?
What encryption is used when my password is sent across in gmails/when I do online banking? RSA? DSA? Public-private key encryption?. In key encryption, which entity is assigned a public/private key? ...
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What is TurboTax actually doing after you login when it says “Creating Secure Connection”?
I've also noticed this on a few other financial related sites. There is a delay and an animated working indicator with a message to the effect of "Creating a Secure Connection."
I'm a web developer ...
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Google Voice account left logged on and now someones using it to text random people. How do I force him to log out?
I've changed my password and tried using gmails sign off other sessions button with no success (they are still logged in and txting). Is there a way to force the end of that session?
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Software Engineer's explanation of Facebook photo privacy, with UML diagram?
Facebook photo privacy is more complex than most people think - including the bloggers who fill the Internet trying to explain it in simple terms.
Not only there is the basic album-level privacy ...
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How secure is sending an email from GMail?
When you send an email from GMail to someone what measures do they have in place to make sure that my email is not read by man in the middle attacks, or other servers that the email is routed through. ...
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Is it safe to use Gravatar?
I vaguely remember hearing that Gravatar had some security or privacy flaw. I think it was that someone could extract your e-mail address if you used a Gravatar. Is Gravatar safe? How do you know?
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How do I prevent vandalism on my user-generated website?
Are there some knowledge base\technologies\algorithms\practices\applications which can help in struggling internet-vandalism?
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How to prevent certain Facebook friends from sending you Inbox messages
Is there a way to prevent a Facebook friend from sending you Inbox messages? I want to have a group called "Public Contact Only" that basically cannot have side-bar conversations with me. The idea ...
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Force sites to use http instead of https?
I'm in China trying to jump the GFW (great firewall) using a program called Ultrasurf (proxy).
I can access the Facebook homepage - no problem. But as soon as I try logging in, it directs me to an ...
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Facebook Deactivation vs. Deletion
I recently deactivated my Facebook account. I know that it's not quite deletion (although in a subpeona Facebook can still technically get to your information) and that Facebook also allows you to ...
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How to check if somebody else is signing to my Yahoo account
I have Hotmail/Yahoo/GMail email accounts. How to check if somebody else is logging in to my email accounts? I mean Sometimes I send offline message to my Yahoo Messenger but when I log in to my yahoo ...
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How does Google's new two-factor authentication work with IMAP, POP, etc.?
I'm very excited about Google's new two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication means, in this case, that instead of just authenticating based on "something you know" (your password) you also ...
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AIM via GMail chat — is it encrypted through SSL?
When using GChat in the GMail interface (and using ssl/https), you have the ability to log in to AIM as well. Is this encrypted like the email and gchat?
Recently I've noticed there is an icon that ...
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E-mail address protection snippet
Is there any WebApp that allows you to publish an e-mail on the web using a script tag that protects it from robots?
To be more clear: I want to publish a post on Blogspot that prints my e-mail on ...
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Gmail hacked, no IP alerts
Recently my Gmail was hacked - I was suddenly signed out of Gtalk and my password no longer worked.
I was able to reset my password by following my secret question/answer. When I logged in again, I ...
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Does Facebook's Suspicious Activity Prevention actively block people?
Facebook just notified me that someone somewhere in Europe accessed my account (or attempted to access it). My gmail account had filters to delete all mail from facebook (because it used to just be ...
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How can I encrypt emails sent through Gmail?
What's the best solution for encrypting emails sent from within Gmail. This could be a browser extension, a GreaseMonkey script, or something else.
I realize that whoever is receiving the email will ...
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How much data can I store in a LastPass secure note?
Does anyone know if there are limits to the amount of data you can store in a LastPass secure note? I don't want to abuse the service but I also don't want to store a large note and then lose some of ...
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If Twitter apps use OAuth why would they ask for my password?
I signed up to TweetDeck, and following the steps it appears that I issued it an OAuth token.
Then I installed it (0.35.1, Linux), signed in with my TweetDeck account and tried to add my Twitter ...
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Figuring out who is the owner of a Google Spreadsheets form
I have noticed that Google spreadsheet form's have URLs in the form of http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=.... I don't see anything that relates to the Google account in the URL. There ...
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Any free online service which keeps track of all the passwords automatically?
I don't want to enter the password to a site to keep the record. I want a service which automatically catches the passwords and stores it.
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Trusting apps from Google Apps Marketplace
From my experience with third-party Facebook apps, I'm wary of adding apps from the Google Apps Marketplace to my Google Apps installation.
Can I trust apps from the from Google Apps Marketplace? ...
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Should one have security/privacy concerns about scorecardresearch.com when using Ning and other sites?
We have a group who is using Ning which seems to allow us to have private discussions online.
However, one user discovered that the website scorecardresearch.com seems to be tracking our actions on ...
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Why my friend was able to facebook sign in to other people account
Recently, my friend show me that although she is using her own username and password, once a while, she will get accidentally sign in into a stranger account.
How can it be possible someone else ...
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Odd settings in Gmail
I noticed awhile back in all of my Gmail account settings something odd.
Was curious if anyone else has noticed this before?
EDIT:
I am referring to the backup.000000000001@googlemail.com account
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security and google id
There are lots of apps (on my phone, on the web, etc.) that want to use my google id for authentication and to sync data -- news readers, contact info, notes to google docs, etc. In general, they ask ...
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OpenID Security
Couldn't any webapp that requires an OpenID login just secretly store my password and get access to my account(s)?
If not, why not?
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Security and uptime for email collection form and marketing tools [closed]
I'm evaluating Campaign Monitor, Constant Contact and Mail Chimp to host a little "add your email" form on our website, then run email marketing campaigns against the addresses collected.
I've ...
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Online antivirus webapp?
I was wondering whether there's any webapp that allows you to upload a suspicious file and have it diagnosed without having to install anything locally.
I'm fed up with the performance impact most of ...
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What can a web app do with my Twitter account if I use Twitter to login to that service?
When I use a Twitter account to login to another website, what does that authorize that website to do with my Twitter account?
Does it enable them to send tweets from my account, or send direct ...
