Carnut

EBay are warning the 18 million user's in the uk and the rest of their user's world wide to change their password due to the fact that eBay has been hacked.

JDM_Stig

iTrader: (3)

Even if hacked, isn't all the information encrypted anyway ?

CrisPDuk

About time something happened to make them improve their security, ebay passwords aren't even case sensitive

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

That's the official line yes, but..... obviously there is some doubt!

Torquemada

It was apparently from an insider threat.

David Lock

If my old ebay password has been nicked then that would be the one used to try and access other sites where I might use the same password. Changing my ebay password is shutting the door after the horse has buggered off surely?

I guess the answer is to have a different password for every site but that is a real pain for a lazy sod like me.

PS. How do I undo my PC stored password which just comes up as ******** when I visit a site? Windows 7 btw.

dl

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

Do you mean clear? which browser you using?

hodgy0_2

use credential manager

Turbohot

I've changed my ebay password. Not that the hackers can do much with my details except sending me some spam emails. If they come around to shoot me for my strawhat and a banjo, they can have them without having to shoot me.

Our personal details to some extent are on almost every website we visit. Even just via our Hotmail or gmail addy people can locate our whereabouts. Recently a friend of mine located me after 25 years gap since our school days. It was a pain to be woken up at 5am when my iPhone all of a sudden started playing drums, as that friend lives in Texas. No regard to my sleep.

We are living in the age of surveillance. There's no getting away.

David Lock

I want to delete the PC "remembered" one and put in a new one. Explorer.


Thanks - seems a bit complicated for me

david

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

Open IE and press ctrl + shift + Delete

You'll be given options, one of which is passwords.