Comments on: Security loophole emerges in Yahoo recycled Email IDs

By: jensenjs

jensenjs — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:07:00 +0000

In reply to Dan.

There’s no special reason that Yahoo shouldn’t just delete dead accounts.
They are showing a decent behaviour by alerting the owners of these accounts.
It shows some kind of good costumer care, even though they do not need to with the free accounts.

By: Anand Khanse

Anand Khanse — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 07:55:00 +0000

In reply to Dan. That should have logically happened, but for some strange reason, Yahoo decided to released the unused email IDs & usernames.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:07:00 +0000

Um, is there a particular reason places like Yahoo couldn’t simply just delete/erase accounts from servers if nobody’s using them and a platform is making them available to anyone who wants them…complete with last-known personal details?