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The Hotmail Stigma

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 02 2018, @06:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the some-things-only-exist-as-a-warning-to-others dept.

canopic jug writes:

Ars Technica has an article over the background behind Hotmail and how it aquired the stigma it has since its purchase back in 1997 for $450 million. Over the years it served as a showcase for several types of failure, including the inability of Windows servers to work in production or to scale.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday January 02 2018, @08:00PM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday January 02 2018, @08:00PM (#616853) Journal

    Trick there is to use two factor with the Authenticator App or the Yubikey. [yubico.com] No phone number needed. One key will serve for a bunch of different accounts from a bunch of providers.

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