Comments on: Are you Sure your Email isn’t being Hacked?

By: Encryption Software

Encryption Software — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:28:13 +0000

Like most people, my email is usually petty, personal stuff. For example, I would not be the least bit hurt if someone read the latest email I sent to my brother, which included a list of potential skis to ride on this winter. Most email is irrelevant and petty interchange. However, I would not be so foolish as to send any valuable passwords and usernames over an open connection, even one as seemingly popular as Google. I would definitely encrypt the contents first so only the end user with the right encryption key could open it (and I would tell them the encryption key on the phone or some other secure line; NOT in the email).

By: Passpack Client

Passpack Client — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:51:03 +0000

Passpack was actually recommended by a friend and private investor. I tried it and had some problems with the site. I’ve sent in at least 4 tickets to the “customer support” and never heard a peep. Nice concept, poor execution.

By: kunal

kunal — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:58:38 +0000

Hey that was too good
But from the ip address how can we get the password of that person??????
Plz help…

By: kunal

kunal — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:55:33 +0000

But after getting the ip how can one know the password???
plz help

By: margaret

margaret — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:38:24 +0000

lol, i love it , thanks i really needed this info. diffinitly trying it..

By: Anonymous Braveman

Anonymous Braveman — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:50:42 +0000

This is not the point… A snooper can still read your signed emails… and do you have public keys of everyone you are in contact with via email? I thought so…

By: yugun

yugun — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:23:30 +0000

you can logout all other sessions by clicking ‘details’ link at the bottom of the gmail page.

By: Venkatesan Padmanabhan

Venkatesan Padmanabhan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:11:49 +0000

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By: Bakz

Bakz — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:11:12 +0000

Simple app for local encryption of your emails and IM: http://www.flexcrypt.com

Works with all email clients. Free.

By: Nan

Nan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:56:08 +0000

I meant to say” Is it illegal to send this email to someone to find out what their IP address is to compare if that’s the person that has been in your email account?

By: Nan

Nan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:46:53 +0000

Is it illegal to send this email to someone to find out what their IP address is to compare if that’s the person that has been in your email account?

By: PLANET SUM » Blog Archive » Check If Your Gmail is Hacked With Activity Monitor

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:42:43 +0000

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Check if Your Gmail is Hacked with Activity Monitor | MakeUseOf.com — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:04:27 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:22:08 +0000

This is an interesting way, but if people are consistent enough to check that everyday, they might as well use that energy on keeping their password safe in the first place.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:05:41 +0000

It’s amazing how much people depend on their email each and everyday. I would recommend keep multiple emails, and split up your important details/communications. Keep a strong password- and remember to never give your password out !! This will prevent script kiddies, and not-so knowledgeable hackers obtain your email password.

Justin

By: Thierry

Thierry — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:50:05 +0000

Dear Mark,

Nice review on Onestat function.

but does it work if we ourselves click in rather than the hackers, just to test it?

I’ve try according to what you’ve suggested; step by step.

& i’ve try click it on my own, & found out that one stat didnt make any hit records,

or am i missing something here?

By: Hami

Hami — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:09:02 +0000

haha thats very true… why such big compnies dont have a time stamp… that defnitly wil help!

By: web design company

web design company — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:28:25 +0000

Can someone tell me why the big three (yahoo, hotmail, gmail) just dont time-stamp when the last time your account was accessed!!!!???

easy.. lets say you didnt log in yesterday.. and the timestamp says someone accessedyour account…

at least you could change your passwords on all your accounts if you were ever breached.

common IT !!! get with the program !

By: Come scoprire se qualcuno accede senza permesso alla nostra casella di posta elettronica « LN-Design

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:06:40 +0000

[...] Auto-inviarsi una nuova mail allegando il file appena modificato e mettendo come oggetto List of Passwords. Ed ecco fatto il trappolone per scoprire se qualcuno accede senza permesso alla nostra casella di posta elettronica! Da adesso in poi, basterà andare a controllare di tanto in tanto le statistiche di OneStatFree e verificare che nessuno sia andato a scartabellare nella nostra finta lista di password personali. Nel malaugurato caso in cui si constatasse un accesso abusivo alla casella di posta, la migliore soluzione potrebbe essere quella di cambiare password ed appuntarsi i dati forniti da OneStatFree (IP, paese ecc.) per effettuare poi una denuncia alla polizia postale. Fonte: MakeUseOf [...]

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Fri, 16 May 2008 16:37:03 +0000

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By: Davi

Davi — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:27:38 +0000

I dont normally keep important stuff in my email. email hacking seems to be a common thing now a days. you see million of sites being flooded on forums they claim to get a password for 100 usd..i wonder if it is true…Hami i never used to believe in email hacking until it happened to my girl friend.

A guy hacked into her account and sent people nasty emails.

Its sad…

By: Hami

Hami — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:58:39 +0000

I dont believe on email hacking…! unless you give your password to somebody…

By: email marketing elite

email marketing elite — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:08:01 +0000

February 14th, 2006 at 9: 53 am Feedblitz seemed to be the best I could find (feedburner integration is a bonus). With the paid version I don’ t get the heavy orange branding Mike speaks of, but I’ ve always wanted more in relation to the frequency. I want a console that allows me to do scheduling. More importantly, I want to check off which articles to include in the mailout. Email fatigue sets in quickly and blasting off every single post is a sure fire way to keep your churn rate high. The other question…

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Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:06:18 +0000

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Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:11:34 +0000

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By: RandomReader

RandomReader — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:04:52 +0000

In Gmail, changing the password might not solve the problem. If someone has already hacked your account and has an open session, and you change the password on your computer, the other other one won’t be kicked out of your account. Its current session will remain active and access to email unhindered.

I tried, and that’s true from my experience.

By: RandomReader

RandomReader — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:01:23 +0000

Nicely plugged your own site there!

By: Duvar Kagidi

Duvar Kagidi — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:10:23 +0000

est il availible en Francais, my English not good

By: Set A Trap for E-mail Crackers

Set A Trap for E-mail Crackers — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:32:19 +0000

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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:43:47 +0000

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