I decided to check the security of my paypal account and started doing everything to recover my password by some of the means which are available in paypal.When i did so , i gave forgot password option.Let us assume that i know the email id of some other person whose password I'm trying to get.So i type the email id and proceed to next step.which is shown below ,
Then we proceed to next step , It asks us to confirm the account by any of the three means , which are through
1.phone number
2.address
3.email
And you choose phone number option it asks the phone number which you gave at the time of registration. The irony is that it asks the phone number and gives you the last 2 digits.Obviously your friend might be knowing your phone no.
so if he gives it right then he can end up in creating a new password and transfer it to his friend's account whom you don't know and then to his account.finally he'll land in this page
So what can be done to avoid these kinds of password stealing ?
Ans:
1.Don't let your email know to anyone .
2.use a dummy account to transfer account from your account to your friends account.And don't have any balance in that dummy account
3.Don't give correct phone number which you are using or know to your friend, give a imaginary number which you know and make it like a password.
you might ask that if he resets the password then you'll get a password reset alert to your email , but don't forget that it'll take only few minutes to transfer money from one paypal account to the other.
Disclaimer:This post was mainly to help my friends and keeping their account safe.If anyone indulges in using this post for retriving passwords or any illegal activities then will be sutitably punished under law.
Your paypal account could be easily stolen by your friends , did u know ?
Monday, May 12, 2008
Posted by meyya at 9:44 PM 13 comments
Labels: Be safe from hacking
lakshmipathy Balaji - The mystery man behind the drama , Balaji takes a hatrick , first hatrick of IPL
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Posted by meyya at 1:48 AM 3 comments
Labels: cricket, ipl, Personal Views, Things which impressed me, Vodafone
L.Balaji , a cricketer who was famous once suddenly disappeared from international arena.He didn't play well in some matches but due to politics in BCCI he was chucked out.And before a month he was totally forgotten. And when IPL came in he was auctioned by CSK(Chennai super kings).Before politics and now his bad luck had made him not to play till last 3 games.yes he was injured and was desperate to show his ability.And in his 3rd IPL match he destroyed KXI punjab's hope of taking revenge against CSK for their 1st match loss against CSK.Balaji bowled impressively and took the first ever hat rick of IPL.By this performance he sends out a clear message to the selectors of Indian team that he is still capable and young as well as experienced to play for india.And also musharaff will be happy if he comes to know about balaji's hat trick.Since musharaff was a great fan of balaji.
Balaji's hat-trick videos and wickets highlights (youtube videos )
for more info about the match visit
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www.cricketnext.com
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