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biblegirl
15-08-2009, 02:52 PM
I just tried logging in to my yahoo email account and got this message:

Yahoo! is changing the way you can recover your account in case you forget your password. We recommend that you provide a mobile phone number and/or an email address, but you must enter two secret questions and answers in order to continue.

We are asking for this information in order to help you reset your password if you forget it or you become locked out of your account.

While it is not required, we encourage you to provide all three types of information. The more you provide, the easier it will be to reset your password. Mobile phone and email addresses can be further managed via the Account Info page.

Mobile phone: Yahoo! will not use your number for marketing unless you've given us permission elsewhere. We will deliver password recovery instructions and account security notices to this number. These notices are typically sent out when sensitive account information is updated. Mobile charges may apply for receiving text messages.

Alternate Email address: Enter an email address that is different from the one associated with your account. We will deliver the password recovery instructions and account security notices to this email address.

Secret questions: Choose secret questions and answers that are difficult for others to guess. This information is mandatory to enable password reset even if you no longer use the phone or email address provided in the past.



and now the options for the "mandatory" secret questions:

where did you spend your honeymoon?
where did you meet your spouse?
what is your oldest cousin's nickname?
what is your oldest child's nickname?
what is the first name of your oldest niece?
what is the first name of your oldest nephew?
what is the first name of your favorite aunt?
what is the first name of your favorite uncle?
what town was your father born in?
what town was your mother born in?
-create your own question-


What the crap?! I can't read my email until I give them this info??!! :eek:
godgoo
15-08-2009, 02:54 PM
So get locked out of your account and move on? scrap it :) Or go get online get an O2 sim/sims for free?

http://freesim.o2.co.uk/

fill the rest in with BS, you never have to be honest?
godgoo
15-08-2009, 02:57 PM
I wouldn't really worry about moves like this, coz it's all going to be lies anyway. So I can't really see how this works? Anyone with an ounce of intelligence will just lie ans SCAM :)
biblegirl
15-08-2009, 03:01 PM
Wow, i just discovered that the secret questions i quoted are only the set for the first mandatory secret question. Now for the second set of questions:


who is your favorite author?
what is the last name of your best man at your wedding?
what is the last name of your maid of honor at your wedding?
what is the name of your favorite book?
what is the name of your favorite musician?
what is your all-time favorite movie character?
what is the make of your first car?
what is the make of your first motorcycle?
what is your first pet's name?
what is the name of your favorite sports team?
where did you spend your childhood summers?
what is the last name of your favorite teacher?
what is the last name of your best childhood friend?
what was your favorite food as a child?
what was the last name of your first boss?
what is the name of the hospital you were born?
what is your main frequent flier number?
what is the name of the street on which you grew up?
-create your own question-
biblegirl
15-08-2009, 03:04 PM
So get locked out of your account and move on? scrap it :) Or go get online get an O2 sim/sims for free?

http://freesim.o2.co.uk/

fill the rest in with BS, you never have to be honest?

yeah i had an email that i had to retrieve today, so i played their game, but gave some answers they probably weren't expecting :D
i_am
15-08-2009, 03:07 PM
I just logged in and it didn't ask me.

Maybe it is a US thing?
disorder2k8
15-08-2009, 03:21 PM
you usually only have to pick one question and answer, this is standard on a lot of email accounts. I have 1 question on my hotmail, but its a trick question that only my parents would know

if its asking for all of them then I would move on to gmail or hotmail or something else (you didnt just reply with all the answers to all the questions did you? Im sure it would only require 1)
biblegirl
15-08-2009, 03:31 PM
you usually only have to pick one question and answer, this is standard on a lot of email accounts. I have 1 question on my hotmail, but its a trick question that only my parents would know

if its asking for all of them then I would move on to gmail or hotmail or something else

yeah for this one they required two secret questions and answers, one from each set...back in the day you just had to have an alternate email address that they could sent the password to, and i admit i've forgotten passwords before and used the reset password function, just thought this latest message from yahoo was a bit over the top

ps the only reason I forget passwords is when they make me use something with ridiculous criteria, like must have a capital letter and a number or a symbol, etc., or after i know my password they make me change it haha!
deem
15-08-2009, 03:33 PM
I just logged in and it didn't ask me.

Maybe it is a US thing?

A friend of mine at this place had the same problem, we're in london.:confused:
size_of_light
15-08-2009, 03:49 PM
where did you spend your honeymoon?
where did you meet your spouse?
what is your oldest cousin's nickname?
what is your oldest child's nickname?
what is the first name of your oldest niece?
what is the first name of your oldest nephew?
what is the first name of your favorite aunt?
what is the first name of your favorite uncle?
what town was your father born in?
what town was your mother born in?
-create your own question-

lol.

It's more than a little bit obvious that these questions don't have much to do with Yahoo's concern for the security of your email account. ;)
triso
15-08-2009, 04:02 PM
is it just a secret question or is it ALL of them? my bank account only has one secret question
biblegirl
15-08-2009, 04:09 PM
is it just a secret question or is it ALL of them? my bank account only has one secret question

two secret questions are required, one from each set


yeah, my bank account has a secret question and a sitekey
Ian2day
15-08-2009, 04:22 PM
I think this is done so that we ask for the chip as it is so hard to remember all them passwords etc.
ibaster
15-08-2009, 06:00 PM
Please note it also says something like "add your own secret question". Also as long as you remember your answer(maybe write it down or save in notepad) you can always lie to Yahoo. They won`t come after you for it unless they were there watching you on your honeymoon.
amethyst
15-08-2009, 06:26 PM
I saw this too....so pick a generic question that is not personal.
djhooker
18-08-2009, 03:22 PM
hotmail requires one, always has. just make one up anyway.
libertad101
21-08-2009, 07:33 PM
I like playing mind games back at them, and answer nicknames such as "big brother"

;)
lottie
21-08-2009, 07:35 PM
did it to me today too!!!:rolleyes: