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Yahoo security |
Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Hyderabad, india
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I have noticed from the past few days that if i login to yahoo india via wap it automaticaly opens someone else's account! Talk about security!
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kimcheeboi
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Abducted by hot blondes to Les
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once my AOL instant messenger logged on as someone elses'...
imagine the fun i had 
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Hyderabad, india
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It happened once, but this is always!
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Hyderabad, india
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I couldn't even find a contact us link to tell yahoo
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clank
Joined: Sep 24, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: India
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On my phone it always opens my account n i think its pretty cool...at least till now i used to but now i'm a bit concerned
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govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Back home - Cochin
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@ayush
Can you give the wap address you are using? Because i'm not able to login at all.
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tonyitalian
Joined: Sep 02, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Earth
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damnnnnnnnnnnnnn i had no idea abt this security issue!
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shyam335
Joined: May 25, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: 127.0.0.1
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I too had the same prob , that means someone else will be logged in my account ?!
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Johnex
Joined: Nov 26, 2002
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From: Stockholm/Sweden
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:-( this sounds bad.
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clank
Joined: Sep 24, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: India
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The add is wap.yahoo.co.in after a certain amount of logins it starts loggin you in auto(and hopefully not someone else) :-)
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Hyderabad, india
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@clank You are right. Even if you press logout, next time it logs you in! This is very very bad. One fine day i went to wap.yahoo.com. From there I choosed India, and it happily logged me into yash_only4u's a/c! I cant even contact yahoo! Can anybody?
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vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: MumBhai
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@Ayush: I guess the exact address is http://in.wap.yahoo.co.in try using this as i was also facing the problems in yahoo wap, was not accepting my username and password 
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Hyderabad, india
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Vineet thats not the issue..the issue is security
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vineet_d
Joined: Apr 15, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: MumBhai
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@ayush: i agree |
plasmadog
Joined: May 06, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Beantown, India
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maybe somebody can get in touch with yahoo to rectify the security problem.
the yahoo office is in bangalore... if u can get me details i'll forward/call them about it. |
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Posted: 2004-10-05 03:52
