Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3B

Re:Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3B by noway421 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @07:53PM (#15397237)

First and last name at least needed for meet the email protocol. Emails shouldn't be addressed to handles/nicknames

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Re:Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3B by rightos on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @07:58PM (#15397270)

"username <[email protected]>" is perfectly valid in SMTP last I checked.

If it's a user experience thing, fine, but at least make it an optional field.

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Re:Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3B by BearGoesChirp on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @01:30PM (#15402243)

How would you handle all the people with identical names? Even if you used DoB, there is a chance for a duplicate.

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Re:Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3B by stevekemp on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @06:54AM (#15399545)

The irony of that comment being made from an account with a username that doesn't clearly identify a person..

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Re:Yahoo Triples Estimate of Breached Accounts to 3B by zentiggr on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @09:06AM (#15400159)

Deliberate sarcasm?

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