16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked -- Act
Now

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/06/19/16-billion-apple-facebook-google-passwords-leaked---change-yours-now/

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On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:44:11 -0500, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked -- Act
Now

This really stinks...now they want our cell numbers with 2FA...what
Google can't safeguard our passwords?


How to stay safe
....
First, the best way to keep your account secure is to enable
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will need to be approved by you. If you haven't already, find out how
to enable 2FA right now.

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/16-billion-passwords-data-breach

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On 6/20/2025 12:12 PM, JAB wrote:

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:44:11 -0500, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked -- Act
Now

This really stinks...now they want our cell numbers with 2FA...what
Google can't safeguard our passwords?

I wouldn't trust Google as far as I could throw them, I refuse to have Google-anything.

I can't remember which company/site, but I ran into some online service
that flat out refused to work without providing your phone number. My
cell phone is old, and doesn't do text messages, calls only. If
anything mandates a cell number, I move along.

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On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:21:07 -0400, Michael Trew
<[email protected]> wrote:

without providing your phone number.

I suspect its about selling your data (name/address/tele/etc)...to
Intel, or private sector.

By mid 1990s, businesses could buy a listing/directory of email
addresses associated with persons. There were ISPs who sold our info.

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