there are a lot of reasons. an email address can be a resource for other passwords, banking info, personal information, etc. as a resource to the number of cyberpunks out there, it can also earn real money.
this is why I maintain a number of email accounts (3 on gmail and 1 on mail.com and one on hotmail). since I do not share information between these accounts (and they all have radically differing passwords) I have some isolation and thus limit the chances of a problem. -eric On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Thomas Gail Haws wrote: > The question I have is why anybody would care to figure out your email > password. > -- > "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will > receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: > Before I left for Peru I got an email from Google telling me that someone in > China had accessed my gmail account and that I should change my password > unless it was me accessing my account from China. Well, I changed my pass > word. Then I went to Peru and was expecting them to send me another email but > one never arrived. > > Someone figured out a password of seven numerals and 3 letters! > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
