Again: "Somebody knows your password" (Google)

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Fri Oct 13 22:40:05 UTC 2017


Am Samstag, 14. Oktober 2017, 00:34:30 CEST schrieb Karl Auer:
> > What I don't understand, is that the IP address is my real IP
> > address. Does that mean that that login attempt has originated from
> > my computer? Is my system compromised..?
> 
> That IP address is (almost certainly) the outside address of your
> Internet router, so it is the same for all devices in your home
> network. 

Yes, it is.

> If you do not live alone, maybe someone in your household
> knows your password. Or someone nearby knows your wifi key AND your
> password :-)

I _am_ living alone. And I never release my passwords.

> I'm pretty sure "known devices" just have a cookie. I block cookies,
> and Google never recognises me. So it could be as simple as you cleared
> cookies.

I'm deleting (almost) all cookies, evey time Firefox is started. I've made a 
little shell script for it. 

bye
V.W.





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