Posted: 8/7/2009 9:39:47 AM EDT
| Is anyone getting refusal to their account unless they provide security questions for"password recovery info"? |
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It is interesting because the standard questions are highly personal info;you can choose your own which I did.COC prohibits me from the questions or answers I provided.Problem was on Firefox,not on IE8.Now on both.Hide my dogs?  They should be designed in a way so that they are easy for you to remember and hopefully difficult for someone who knows you to be able to answer. A lot of companies just get lazy and use really bad questions like mothers maiden name or high school mascot. Both of which are easily found out if you know the person. |
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It is interesting because the standard questions are highly personal info;you can choose your own which I did.COC prohibits me from the questions or answers I provided.Problem was on Firefox,not on IE8.Now on both.Hide my dogs? They should be designed in a way so that they are easy for you to remember and hopefully difficult for someone who knows you to be able to answer. A lot of companies just get lazy and use really bad questions like mothers maiden name or high school mascot. Both of which are easily found out if you know the person. Yes but apparently no one else is affected. |
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It is interesting because the standard questions are highly personal info;you can choose your own which I did.COC prohibits me from the questions or answers I provided.Problem was on Firefox,not on IE8.Now on both.Hide my dogs? They should be designed in a way so that they are easy for you to remember and hopefully difficult for someone who knows you to be able to answer. A lot of companies just get lazy and use really bad questions like mothers maiden name or high school mascot. Both of which are easily found out if you know the person. Yes but apparently no one else is affected. I am assuming you are creating a new account. If you are not they might be trying to update older existing accounts. Or its some uber hacker phishing your data.  j/k like i said its probably not a big deal and you can just make stuff up if you are really worried about who is storing this information.
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happened to me several times. just go back to the previous screen, log on again and it'll work without that BS This used to work for me but today they have me locked out. hoorah I held out for as long as I could, but I guess our only choice now is to fill it out with bogus information. |
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Is anyone getting refusal to their account unless they provide security questions for"password recovery info"? I ran into that a few weeks ago. It's part of Yahoo's new security policy. http://www.ymailblog.com/blog/2009/04/help-us-help-you-changes-to-the-account-recovery-process/ Help Us Help You – Changes to the Account Recovery Process Posted April 14th, 2009 at 5:56 am by AndrewM Categories: General, Security Buzz up! There are few things more frustrating than losing access to your email – whether because you forgot your password or, worse, someone else guessed it – which is why we want to ensure that if it happens to you, the recovery process is as smooth and painless as possible. On that note, beginning this week, we’re rolling out some changes that will both improve recovery rates and make the overall Yahoo! experience even more reliable. Here’s how it works: To help prove you are who you say you are if you ever lose access to your account, Yahoo! will now give you the option to provide additional account information such as an alternate email address and new secret questions. For US users, we will also incorporate the option to include your mobile phone number. We’ll store this information securely in your record so that if you ever lose access to your account, this data can be used to expedite the recovery process. We’re doing this to help eliminate the headaches caused when people forget their registration details – you’d be surprised how many people can’t recall the basic information they provided when they signed up for their Yahoo! ID. In addition, with the advent of social networking and public profiles, details like your zip code or birthday may be publicly available, and we want to better protect your online experience by making sure you’re the only one who can accurately answer our account recovery challenges. Beginning this week, after successfully logging into Yahoo! Mail, select users will be automatically redirected to a page where they will be asked to update their account with this new information. Users who wish to update their account information proactively can do so by visiting https://edit.yahoo.com/commchannel/manage. Also from now on, anyone who successfully recovers a lost or compromised account will be asked to update their information to this new standard at the end of the recovery process. We take privacy very seriously at Yahoo!, and this is part of our overall commitment to providing a safe, easy to use, and reliable online experience. For more tips, be sure to check out our guidelines for spotting online scams and top tips for protecting your Yahoo! Mail account. You can also head over to antispam.yahoo.com for additional information on protecting yourself online. |
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Is anyone getting refusal to their account unless they provide security questions for"password recovery info"? Yes, happened to me yesterday. I assume it's legit, but I only use my yahoo account to play their hold'em poker game. I quit using their email years ago when GMail came out. |