On 2017-01-18 17:15, Mike Copeland wrote:
As you know, connections to LMI client machines (individual
workstations) are controlled thru and managed at the LMI servers back
at the LMI mothership. Lots of benefits and drawbacks to the approach,
but it usually works pretty well.
So, if a baddo wants into your account, all they need is your login
name and password for the Master user on the account. Getting the
login name isn't hard since it's often your email address and attempts
to connect to your account could be performed by an automated script
running through a database of login names.
The password, though, is obviously a different issue, since I'm sure
you used something extremely obtuse and long and convoluted!
LMI has always had a 'feature' that will lock the account, preventing
access by anyone, for an unspecified period of time after X
failed-attempts to login. It slows the script-kiddies down a LOT.
(Usually it's 4 attempts and you're blocked for around 90 minutes.)
All that to say that the baddo's have a slow process to slog through
to try to hack in.
And once they are in, they COULD use your account (I'm assuming it's
paid for in advance and you figure it's easier to let it ride to
expiration than get any refund, if any) to provide LMI service to
other computers...but since you have removed the installs from YOUR
computers, there's no risk.
I think you're safe. At the worst, a baddie will get LMI services for
the remainder of your subscription and if you try to use it in the
future it might not be accessible (since they'd likely change the
master password.)
I had the 2-step verification on my account, anyway.
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