Remember the Very Bad Idea of giving away dormant account user names that Yahoo came up with last year?
We didn't like it. Nor did other security-minded people, who pointed
out that attackers could request a password reset email from popular
websites - say, Google or Facebook - in order to hijack the accounts
belonging to the original Yahoo account owner.
It came as no surprise when in short order the new holders of the old
accounts reported that they were still receiving mail meant for the
accounts' previous owners.
Now, Facebook says that by working with counterparts at Yahoo,
they've together come up with a Very Good Idea to counter that Very Bad
One. read more>>
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