Anyone ever had their email taken over

[applegrove]

and the password changed? A family member did. He has to start from scratch and do over everything. Yahoo.ca is not supported. He's gotten zero help from them.

[cayugafalls]

1. It is a shame when it happens. Almost nothing can be done except to move on.

I work in IT support as a consultant and I hear this everyday in one form or another.

Robust passwords, change them often, never give them out or make it easy to guess.

Limit signups to websites with a disposable email address. I have a specific email address that I only use to signup to websites that are less than fortune 500 companies. Small internet businesses do not have the infrastructure to properly protect your personal data. On edit: even fortune 500 companies get hacked, but less often...

[applegrove]

2. Thank you. You confirmed it is what he has to do.

[Tetrachloride]

3. I use Apple iCloud because they can and will check your identity.

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… if something goes wrong.

I used gmail for newsletters. Some people use gmail exclusively.

icloud allows 3 “alias” addresses. i use 1 address for public sharing. 1 for newsletters and 1 is not used.

I don’t share my main address anymore.