Why it's good to use a variety of services...Not just Google


	Why it's good to use a variety of services...Not just Google

missmartini

2-14-2008 4:29 PM

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google, sci-fi, horror, delete, account, hijack, internet, identity, theft

missmartini says:

I saw a link to this on Twitter. How frightening is that? someone can just phish for your identity and then if you only use one company everything you have ever done with that company is just deleted? Frightening.

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