How Facebook Protected Users with Dormant Yahoo Email Accounts
When Yahoo announced last year that it would allow user names that had been inactive to be claimed by new users, how did Facebook ensure that accounts on the social network that were tied to recycled Yahoo email addresses remained secure? Software engineer Murray Kucherawy detailed the process in a note on the Protect the Graph page.
When Yahoo announced last year that it would allow user names that had been inactive to be claimed by new users, how did Facebook ensure that accounts on the social network that were tied to recycled Yahoo email addresses remained secure? Software engineer Murray Kucherawy detailed the process in a note on the Protect the Graph page.
Kucherawy wrote:
Our priority when working with partners and other companies is to ensure that Facebook accounts — which are connected to various email services, and can be extended via Facebook Login to other sites — are not only kept safe and secure, but also work together seamlessly.
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