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To: LTBH who wrote (90568)9/1/2015 12:38:56 PM
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LBTH,

I am grateful for your post urging changing email address following a security breach. I have been operating on the presumption that cracking my email would be very difficult: I use two-factor authentication and have a 19-character password containing gibberish (non-dictionary) words. Is it truly easy for a targeted attacker to gain access to my email?
The probably of cracking a password on a known email addie is a targeted attack and relatively easy.
For those who don't know what I mean by two-factor authentication: to log in to my email account, I need to enter my password, then wait for a text message to arrive on my phone containing a one-time code that I need to enter to complete my log-in. I've been under the impression that this makes my email fairly secure.
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