 | | sigh Noticed this too.. O well... Get what you pay for. They are liable for any identity theft and or unauthorized changes so hope they correct the issue. | |
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 | | | Re: sigh said by jc100: They are liable for any identity theft and or unauthorized changes so hope they correct the issue. Who says so? | |
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| | | | Re: sigh If someone breaches their system, then they are liable. Same goes if you use your credit card at a store, and someone hacks the system. I'm sure you recalled that happening all not long ago =). | |
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| | |  insomniacOh YeahPremium
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1 edit | Re: sigh Not if you agreed to hold them harmless simply by using their service... which you likely did. Sorry, Sprint is going to leave you out in the cold on this one--and I say this as a longtime Sprint customer.
I'd say your bank is more liable than the company is, since they're the ones who will end up eating any unauthorized charges. But good luck suing them.
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join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI | Re: sigh said by insomniac:Not if you agreed to hold them harmless simply by using their service... which you likely did. Sorry, Sprint is going to leave you out in the cold on this one--and I say this as a longtime Sprint customer. I'd say your bank is more liable than the company is, since they're the ones who will end up eating any unauthorized charges. But good luck suing them. Name me one company (wireless) that WON'T leave you in the cold?
tick tock tick tock.. BZZZZZ times up.
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| | | | | | | Re: sigh Well no company is going to admit fault, unless it serves to benefit them. When several companies had their billing systems breach, they too proactive measures. They came out looking "better" by notifying customers and offering credit monitoring. This probably mitigated their damage. However, if there ended up being charges, the CC company could go after the business for the costs.. CC companies are good about not sticking it to the consumer when it comes to fraud. They more than make up for it with their interest rates though. | |
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| | | | | said by jc100:If someone breaches their system, then they are liable. Same goes if you use your credit card at a store, and someone hacks the system. I'm sure you recalled that happening all not long ago =). I'm not disputing that a degree of liability exists. I'm just saying that it may not be as extensive as you assume. A substantial portion depends on what the state law is because the feds are severely remiss when it comes to data breaches of servers and ID theft. | |
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join:2004-05-28
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kudos:1 | Something I noticed I noticed that the other day when I had to re-login to my account and forgot the new password they made me set. Funny thing is that everything has to be so secure on your account (password containing uper and lower case letters and numbers) yet they have insecure security questions.. 
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Tulsa, OK | Ahahahahaha ROFL Ahh that's GREAT
Lamborghini, Lotus, Honda, or Fiat. LOL!!! | |
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|  ArchivisYour DaddyPremium
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kudos:17 | Re: Ahahahahaha ROFL Whatever dude. I have like 3 Lamborghini's in my back yard. | |
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| | | | Re: Ahahahahaha ROFL LOL only 3? Peasant!! I've got a museum full. | |
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join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I have a Yugo, Lada and Fiat 
Lada = Its a 'Lada' trouble to get it fixed.
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| | |  dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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1 edit | Re: Ahahahahaha ROFL said by en102:I have a Yugo, Lada and Fiat Lada = Its a 'Lada' trouble to get it fixed. Yaris FTW! 
Actually, I don't own a car... good thing I don't use Sprint, huh?
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| | KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| said by Archivis:Whatever dude. I have like 3 Lamborghini's in my back yard. This a picture of one of em in your backyard?
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join:2006-03-05
Round Lake, IL | Re: Ahahahahaha ROFL Dude that's my car! What did you do to it? lol! | |
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join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN | Just keeping up... You cant make 'em too hard or too many customers would be calling in.
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|  AZ_OGM
join:2007-01-12
Phoenix, AZ | Re: Just keeping up... Why not a question everybody should know.
Like "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen Swallow?" | |
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join:2004-06-15
Miami, FL | Re: Just keeping up... eastern or european? | |
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Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | Re: Just keeping up... You beat me too it  | |
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join:2007-05-05
Essex Junction, VT | Re: Just keeping up... Please guys, review the tape - it's "African or European" | |
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join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
kudos:1 | Re: Just keeping up... I know what I'm watching Saturday night
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|  ureihcimFreshly made
join:2007-12-16
Miami, FL | Re: Don't bash too much I don't believe in security questions because they give out too much information even as stupid as they seem.
I actually would prefer to opt out, so you can't really guess to obtain access. If you forget your password the only way to get it changed is to visit a Sprint Store where they can do it for you, that basically is just a random generic password.
I don't see what is so hard about remembering a l/p or even several. This is a wide spread problem though, the only difference is that this some offer choices to your answer, while others simply ask you to type in your answer. | |
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| | | Difficult questions people don't remember and a lot of the more personal questions can be answered with access to many of the databases of personal information that are maintained in this country. The point of the questions is to be easy to remember but of such a common nature that you would really have to know the person, not have access to their credit file, to answer.
The questions in this case are far to easy, but ideally you want something so unimportant that it doesn't make it in a database, but when combined with a few other questions like it, becomes completely unique to you. All the tricks the banks used to use to secure access are actually easy to acquire if not a public record. Mother's Maiden name is trivial to acquire through a genealogy research site. Where you lived, went to school and most of the details of your life are kept in a database that all you need is $$ to access. It's much easier to design security questions if you make the assumption that there is no such thing as private information anymore, only information that's too trivial to index.
Some of the better security simply has you pick a picture and phrase to show you every time you log in so you know you aren't on a phising site. Simple, impossible to fake on a large scale (can't figure it out with a database) and easy to remember. | |
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join:2001-03-05
Venice, CA
Networking
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| Weak questions In other systems (my CC) one of the questions is "Favorite color" This is also an inherently very weak questions, because there are probably less than 10 colors to check (few primary colors, black, white, pink, ... and if the guy works for UPS, maybe "brown").
How many people answer with "periwinkle" or "transparent"? | |
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I am supposed to type in my username and password on my online account but it lets me in with any password.
I figured out this when I typed in the password wrong one day, and it let me in.
I did call sprint corporate and let them know and the guy just said thank you and hang up.
Anyone else having this problem? | |
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| | | | | Re: My Account through phone, another security threat on sprint! said by samrocks:I have a palm centro on sprint and when I go to my account through my phone and click on payment due, I can type in my username and type in any password I want and it will let me view my balance. I am supposed to type in my username and password on my online account but it lets me in with any password. I figured out this when I typed in the password wrong one day, and it let me in. I did call sprint corporate and let them know and the guy just said thank you and hang up. Anyone else having this problem? Ha. I just tried the same exact thing. I typed random characters in as the password. Let me in with my total due, billing preference, etc. Pathetic. | |
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| | | | | said by samrocks:I have a palm centro on sprint and when I go to my account through my phone and click on payment due, I can type in my username and type in any password I want and it will let me view my balance. I am supposed to type in my username and password on my online account but it lets me in with any password. I figured out this when I typed in the password wrong one day, and it let me in. I did call sprint corporate and let them know and the guy just said thank you and hang up. Anyone else having this problem? Yup, same thing. I entered a bogus password, and got right in | |
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Maumee, OH
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1 edit | easy questions ? They always ask me my favorite restaurant.
Not sure how that would be an easy question to guess.
they also ask for some numbers that i have trouble remembering. /shrug the questions are fine, the people giving the answers are the problem. | |
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