Forgot your password?
Isn’t it nice that most Web sites have a quick link you can click if you forget your password? Unfortunately, those links can be sabotaged by a clever con artist who is slick with the Google-fu.
Herbert H. Thompson used a bit of guile and took advantage of some slack security to steal the identity of a friend who naively believed her information was impenetrable. It’s a cautionary tale.
For many of us, the abundance of personal information we put online combined with the popular model of sending a password reset e-mail has our online security resting unsteadily on the shoulders of one or two e-mail accounts.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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