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Old May 19, 2005, 02:34 AM // 02:34   #21
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Hotmail is very easy to hack, so I just suggest you don't use it at all. Use something else. I have gmail invites if anyone needs one. I have 150 left, I think.

I have 200 also
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 02:55 PM // 14:55   #22
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i had a hacker atempt on my acount also
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 03:01 PM // 15:01   #23
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I am highly doubtful that hotmail.com itself was 'hacked'

Sounds more like social engineering than anything else.
Actually, in the past (honestly I don't know about now), hotmail.com has been quite easy to exploit so people could actually "hack" their way into their databases/someone's personal email. Just throwing that out there to say that it could've very well been an actual hack.

But then again, we do live in a world with people. and ppl r le dum.
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 03:24 PM // 15:24   #24
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Again, neither hotmail nor gmail are 'hacked' - its social engineering/stupidity ( "Lets set my super secret and super important password to 'pass'") that gets accounts 'hacked'
and LOL.

He's pretty right, nobody has hacked hotmail nor gmail.
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 03:54 PM // 15:54   #25
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The smart people use their ISP email...

Free web-based mail fails...
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11   #26
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http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com
http://www.bdeshini.com/2005/04/is-gmail-evil.html
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 04:18 PM // 16:18   #27
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The smart people use their ISP email...

Free web-based mail fails...
Actually, the not-so-smart people use ISP email. What happens when you switch providers? <Poof> your email address is gone. With services like hotmail you have an email account whether you have an internet account or not.
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 04:22 PM // 16:22   #28
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I have some gmail invites as well...
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 04:27 PM // 16:27   #29
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poor hotmail people...

Yea, i use gmail as well, another 100 invites if anyone needs
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 04:37 PM // 16:37   #30
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I also have a Hotmail account and Guild Wars had never sent me and email with my login or password. Just a confirmation that I have created an account. Besides, my email has never been hacked. Only fools get their emails hacked.
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 04:46 PM // 16:46   #31
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for those that want Gmail for GW, i have about a million invites too.
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 04:52 PM // 16:52   #32
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Personally i use a Gmail account myself, but i was wondering what exactly is the difference between that and hotmail that makes Gmail so "safe"?
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 05:08 PM // 17:08   #33
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Not much really. Gmail just has much better organisation, far less intrusive ads, more space, etc.

I'm definitely privacy concious myself, but reading about Gmail being evil never fails to make me roll my eyes. I can live with a computer searching my email to match terms to Google ads, with absolutely no human involvement whatsoever.

I did a quick Google search and found a rather nice article outlining my feelings on the distrust of Gmail.
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Old Jun 19, 2005, 02:03 AM // 02:03   #34
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Not much really. Gmail just has much better organisation, far less intrusive ads, more space, etc.
Well, I recieve my hotmail content through my email program (outlook express) so I don't get ANY ads and I can organize it filter anyway i see fit. I've also had it for 7 years and have yet to have a problem.

Anyways, people shouldn't be using the same password for everything they do online. I have different "levels" of passwords myself. My hotmail has a specific password, as does Guild Wars and my online banking. Everything else (forums, site registrations, etc) have the same passwords since they aren't really important and won't affect me in any way if they get "stolen" or hacked.
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Old Jun 19, 2005, 04:19 AM // 04:19   #35
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My secret word on hotmail has the following hint:

a number you know well...

and the answer is a totally random and irrelevant to anything large number with some 1 replaced with i etc (but not all)

guess that hackers!
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