[ubuntu-in] OT: gmail sms recovery (was leina yar)

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Manish Sinha <mail at manishsinha.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> You can use Google accounts SMS password recovery.
> >> This is something nice since I find mobile to be more secure than
> >> password. Someone can install a key logger and steal your password and
> >> even the secondary email address.
> >> For account recovery via sms, the cracker has to get hold of your mobile
> >> physically which makes this SMS recovery more reliable.
> >>
> http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=152124
> >
> > One learns something new every day
> >
> > Thanks Manish, this is really useful to know. Makes life a bit less
> > scary , esp if one is on vulnerable systems
>
> On second thoughts had some more questions
> 1. What will google do with the mobile phone numbers (general question)
>

I don't think this question is valid. Bcoz, Google has way more valuable
information than your mobile number, like all your chats, e-mails, browsing
habits, and much more. I think you should be concerned about them rather
than mobile numbers. Maximum one can do with mobile number is sell to
spammers.


>
> more important question
>
> 2. Won't the folks cracking an account also start by changing the
> recovery information,
>

Mostly one can crack into your E-mail system via recovery options, unless
you have obvious passwords like "password123".
Once they crack into, you can do very little if cracker changes password...
but they wont do that. They want to spy what you do.

My answer is "It depends on the cracker".


>
> appreciate thoughts
>
> ram
>
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