Microsoft's Hotmail Challenge Backfires

Barence writes "Microsoft challenged the editor of PC Pro to return to Hotmail after six years of using Gmail, to prove that its webmail service had vastly improved — but the challenge backfired when he had his Hotmail account hacked. PC Pro's editor say he was quietly impressed with a number of new Hotmail features, including SkyDrive integration and mailbox clean-up features. He'd even imported his Gmail and contacts into Microsoft's service. But the two-week experiment came to an abrupt end when Hotmail sent a message containing a malicious link to all of his contacts. 'What's even more worrying is that it's not only my webmail that's been compromised, but my Xbox login (which holds my credit card details) and now my PC login too. Because Windows 8 practically forces you to login with your Windows Live/Hotmail details to access features such as the Metro Store, synchronization and SkyDrive,' he writes."

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First Post Haxors

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Yes, but other than that, how did you like it?

[Finallyjoined!!!]

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Re:Yes, but other than that, how did you like it?

[robthebloke]

'Master Smith', is the title of a child.
'Mister Smith', is the title of an adult.
'Smith, Master of science' is the title of an educated adult.
'Master' is how a slave refers to his owner.

Re:Yes, but other than that, how did you like it?

[LandDolphin]

Oblig.

http://xkcd.com/936/