>>>>>Early this morning my Gmail account got hacked - according to Google, it came from Tysons Corner, Virginia
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>>>>Well, whereever it comes from, it's normally a zombified comp so I would not care about the location. (Would you use your own IP if you could rent a bot army?)
>>>>
>>>>It's time to reset all passwords. Each account it's own. See b>keepass or Master Password App for something usefull.
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>>>I've already reset my passwords.
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>>>I realize the location might not be relevant.
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>>>But I've also been falsely accused in the past of a dual identity, and I had an authentication problem just a few weeks before being accused. So my suspicions go up any time something like this happens.
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>>>It might not mean anything to you, nor even to most people - but it means something to me, and it clearly meant something to a few others.
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>>I would not like it either. (Been independent means something in sense of reputation, at least for customers ...)
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>>I do not think that google is a good place to have any data - my gmail account is only to bind the 'droid apps to. No other use. I' dislike to have my data anywhere outside my own comps. (In special they have not to be outside german jurisdiction, but this is an other problem)
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>>If you feel that the problem raises to often (I never had it, twice seems much to much):
>>I guess you have not-easy-to-guess passwords in first place (This is nothing to be found in a wordlist and no derivations of that like leet speak) Just character soup.
>>Do not let google automatic sign on, not let it permanatlly connected in browser.
>>Check your comp(s) / 'droids. Get from a system that is 100% clean a live system for DVD / USB dongle and scan your system with this systems.
>>-Never use
>>--on foreign systems like internet cafe
>>--in non trustworthy WIFI (free WIFI of some restaurant, in special if they ar not secured / open) (This means a 'droid should have WIFI turned off if not at home)
>>-do not store passwords to browser
>>-stay away from Outlook
>>-You don't need to have paranoia, but it helps.
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>What do you use instead of Outlook?

Thunderbird / K9 on the 'droid. As well as Firefox. No IE because of it integrates to deep into Windows and Chrome is nothing then data gathering.

For thunderbird the up is the down - no automation. (And no money towards Billy the 3rd, naturally)