Am I being paranoid? - Democratic Underground

ck4829

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:38 PM
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Am I being paranoid?

I can't access my Yahoo Account.

I've never had problems with it before.

I've had my account since 2001, it's my online identity, I go by ck4829 everywhere I go online, so this makes me feel pretty bad if I can't have my identity.

I know the password like the back of my hand, so I have no idea why it keeps telling me my password is incorrect.

I started to think that it may be linked to my political activities, but I hope that's just tinfoil.

Has a similar problem happened to anyone else?

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jrw14125

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:39 PM
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1. CAPS LOCK?

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ck4829

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:40 PM
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4. Nope, that's what I thought too at first.

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MuseRider

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:39 PM
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2. It happened to my husband

a couple of days ago. He was freaked too but it came back later. I have no idea why nor does he.

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LoKnLoD

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:39 PM
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3. sorry

sounds paranoid. we are just little fleas to them, last thing they are going to do is worry about your yahoo account.

Get google mail, pm me if you want a invite.

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ck4829

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:41 PM
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5. I know

But this is the same Yahoo that helps China track down dissidents who have no chance of up-heaving the Regime.

That's my rationale for the paranoia.

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Tace

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:41 PM
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6. Yahoo's Working For Me Right Now

The only problem I've had over the past three years is that I couldn't access my account for a few minutes a few weeks ago. However, the problem passed. I've never had my password rejected. Have you tried re-setting your password? Good luck. I'm not sure why your password would be rejected unless someone entered your account and changed the password, but you may be able to get the new password even if that is the case, unless they changed the other account info. Just a few thoughts.

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Rick Myers

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:42 PM
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7. Yahoo has been flaky off and on for about 2 weeks

I think they are doing a bunch of updates. :shrug: I've had some brief problems, but it always comes back.

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Double T

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:51 PM
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8. I'm sure it is just a technical problem.......

wait and I'm sure it will work later. Stop looking over your shoulder, WE won't let THEM get you!!!!

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ck4829

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Tue Feb-14-06 04:20 PM
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12. Thanks LOL

I'm sure it's just a technical problem, but you can never be too careful these days.

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ddzimm

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Tue Feb-14-06 03:55 PM
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9. Yahoo implemented a new SSL secure login feature.

Typically, when Yahoo does something new, there are intermittent problems.

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blonndee

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Tue Feb-14-06 04:00 PM
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10. It happened to me with my yahoo and hotmail accounts.

Not to freak you out, but I figured since it happened to me both places at the same time, someone knew enough about my personal info to be able to change the passwords and access my mail accounts. Man, it was a PITA to get it changed back. I really didn't think I was going to be able to do it. Thankfully whoever did it didn't change enough about my account so that *I* couldn't eventually get them back.

Now my passwords are super complicated, so much so that I kept forgetting them for a while.

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Cornus

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Tue Feb-14-06 04:07 PM
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11. Problems today

I tried to go to my Yahoo groups several times this afternoon and got this message each time:

We're Sorry...

We are unable to complete your request at this time. We are aware of this problem and are working on a resolution. (code -9997)
If you continue to receive this error for more than 48 hours, please contact our Customer Care team. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Seems the problem is at their end.

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