Home users forget their email login info all the time. They also have a tendency to mis-type their email addresses. Someone just opened a new GMail account and used one of my email accounts as the one to send reset information to. While tempted to go in and reset their password I am just holding the email until I have the energy to contact GMail and let them know the reset information on that account is not good.
Jon On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > Exactly > > > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:18 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Massive Databreach of Sony Playstation Database, > > > > sort of like OpenID (http://openid.net/) ? Of which there are many > providers. It is unfortunate that some providers fail to allow others on > their own systems though. > > > > Steven Peck > > http://www.blkmtn.org > > > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Actually, I would prefer a Federated Identity Management system. > > > > Having a single place for ALL contacts would be just too tempting. > > > > > *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...** > * > * * > > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:24 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think these sort of things will power a drive towards more centralised > identity management in general. At the moment, it is nothing but a risk to > store a username and password and possibly financial data on hundreds of > different websites with differing levels of security. Even for the > intelligent, managing these vast arrays of logins and data presents a > challenge which can often only be managed by third-party software. > > I wouldn't be surprised to see the likes of Google and Facebook trying to > move in on this - using your login for Google, for example, to log on to > myriad different websites, therefore only worrying about whether Google get > hacked or not. Although I also see a move towards more federated ways of > accessing different systems coming out from the likes of Citrix and VMWare > as well, I think things like OpenCloud and Project Horizon also have started > to encompass some form of identity management. > > > > On 27 April 2011 14:19, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > > More food for thought, I am sure that other devices ( WII, Xbox, etc > etc) could also be exploitable, it underlies a bigger problem with database > security in general. > > If you have provided information from your playstations to Sony to download > content, you might want to be watching your CC Card information and other > accounts very carefully, since your information is probably in the > possession of unauthorized parties atm. > > > http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138557/20110427/sony-playstation-suffers > -massive-data-breach-criticized.htm<http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138557/20110427/sony-playstation-suffers%0A-massive-data-breach-criticized.htm> > > Sincerely, > EZ > > Edward E. Ziots > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
