[Ask the Gulch] Got a notice my password was compromised... in a data breach. Were you aware?
Posted by Joyz2012 4 months, 2 weeks ago to Ask the Gulch
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Also, consider + emails. Using a unique email for every login. lets say my email is joe@gmail.com
I can create a login using joe+gulch@gmail.com
This email will be DELIVERED to joe@gmail.com
BUT it will be properly displayed.
FWIW, I use a non-obvious abbreviation.
Joe+Nrtn@gmail.com for my Norton email.
So, if I get an email from NORTON that is NOT to the specific address (+Nrtn), I know it is likely spam.
Most providers handle these "alias" emails. You can always test by sending an email to them from another account.
Trust me. Once you do this, you have 2 advantages. First, the "joe@gmail.com" user will NOT exist in 100 different logins (ie, you are no longer low hanging fruit). Second, the joe+nrtn@gmail.com will NOT WORK on any other site for obvious reasons.
Finally, if Norton starts spamming you, long after you give up your account. And they sell your email. You can setup 1 rule, to just DELETE those emails to "Joe+nrtn@gmail.com" and be done with it.
I hope someone finds this useful!
Typically the spoof ID will look legit, and the real one will be from some defunct or unrelated company or, often, a university student in Bangladesh, Nigeria, or Russia. Just drop it in 'Spam' without opening it.
they want you to click a link?
if so, likely a scam
There is so much stuff out there that is so wrong - but how do we get the correct info to the coolaid drinkers??
I force myself to watch a MSNBC show once a week - and can never believe that people would believe the lies and nonsense that they a spewing!! They accuse anyone that does not agree with them of wanting to overthrow the constitution and they are the ones advocating for its overthrow.
Sill having just such a hard time with what is presented as "news" or "reasoned journalism".....
On Fox (especially when Tucker Carlson worked there) I've seen montages exposing how the different Fake News lib networks will spout the exact same word for word sentences all the way back before the Russia, Russia, Russia collusion propaganda hoax. That is, if one can call such big time organized outright lying a hoax. Makes one wonder if the Democrat Party actually has someone like a classified Marxist Propaganda Czar.
If they were serious, there would be an easy way to 3way call the FBI or some such agency, in real time. That would be able to confirm/deny the scam, and instantly shut these guys down.
But we don't get PROTECTION from the FBI, we get monitoring in case WE do something.
Also, many of these groups are operating outside of the USA.
all those who scam the elderly will get the death penalty, painfully
all those who scam the internet / identity theft will have all they own confiscated and the get a free visit to the inside of Chernobyl containment unit, for life (as short as that might turn out to be)
On the dark web, you can buy blocks of passwords with corresponding emails for almost anybody for the right price.
My password and email was presented to me with a demand for $500 in bit coin.
Needless to say I did not bite, but changed all passwords and pulled a month old backup for system reinstallation. Just in case malware was installed. (it was not)
Never click on any link. Period. Ever.