What will you do about yahoo?
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45123)
Canada
December 15, 2016 8:28am CST
As you know, more than a billion accounts were hacked and information stolen. Does that mean that someone has all our information that was stored in our emails that we have saved? And now someone could use that information to rob us or harm us or our loved ones?
How safe are we on the internet? What will you do about yahoo or any other online information that you now have stored where you thought it was safe?
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13 responses
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 16
Do you think that yahoo was asleep at the watch? Are you going to keep using yahoo?
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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15 Dec 16
@1hopefulman I have never used yahoo - and after hearing this news I certainly won't be using it.
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@youless (112108)
• Guangzhou, China
15 Dec 16
I seldom use Yahoo. But I have an email account in Yahoo which I almost don't use it at all. I think in the internet there is nothing to be 100% safe. Especially after watching the movie about Snowden. If you are worried about it, at least you shall zip your important files with password. It is much more difficult to decode the zipped files with password.
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@youless (112108)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Dec 16
@1hopefulman You can use a software called Winrar to zip and unzip your files with the password.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 16
You are right, nothing is safe on the internet or anywhere else. I don't know anything about "zipping" except that I do that with my pants most of the time. 
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Dec 16
I don't think I have stored any information that will harm me I hope
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 16
Great! I saved all my poems that now could be published and I could lose a lot of money. 
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 16
@fishtiger58 I think that Yahoo fell asleep on the watch. They should have been awake but they were asleep.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Dec 16
@1hopefulman I sure hope that doesn't happen. Seems the bad guys are always 2 steps ahead of the good guys.
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
28 Jan 18
I still use email and now that I think of it, emails from my credit cards go there, I am worried a little, I might just have to stop those emails from going to yahoo. My good friend won't use email for any correspondence. I need to look into what to do. What do U think I should do???
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
29 Jan 18
I think we have put too much confidence in the internet and it might be good to be more cautious. I used to have a high limit on my credit card but have reduced to an amount that won't ruin me if it is stolen.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
29 Jan 18
@db20747 Maybe you should ask the credit card security if if there is any danger?
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
29 Jan 18
@1hopefulman should I stop credit card notifications to yahoo email?
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
4 Jan 18
I also have a gmail account but I find Yahoo better. Maybe because it was first and I got used to it.
@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
4 Jan 18
@1hopefulman
I only use Yahoo as backup and love gmail Felix.
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@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
16 Dec 16
I just hope my Paypal account won't be hacked
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 16
What email service do you use? Do you think Gmail is better?
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@RasmaSandra (73387)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Dec 16
I believe this has happened before. I have a Yahoo email account but I believe I have not information in there that anyone could use for anything. My two favorite emails are gmail and GMX so perhaps I will close up the Yahoo one except that I have it because some friends have it too and we can communicate better. Well thanks for the warning I'll take a look at what happens.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 16
I think the suggestion to change our password once a month will be wise.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Dec 16
I don't use Yahoo and I'm glad I don't at this point. I know my son uses it, so I hope that his information is safe, but who really knows. I put very little information out there online.
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
15 Dec 16
I have a Yahoo account, but I don't use it. I use AOL, Outlook, and gmail.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
15 Dec 16
I will be more careful as to what information I store there in the future or anywhere else. When I do my online banking, I change my code after every use and I do it by phone. I hope that's safe.
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