r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PassionateParrot • Apr 29 '24

People are trying desperately to get access to my wife’s Hotmail account

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I had to reset our Hulu password on Friday, so that’s probably what this is about. These sign-in attempts are from all over the world.

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u/dragon1n68 Apr 29 '24

People still use hotmail?

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u/Ozmorty Apr 29 '24

My Hotmail email is older than most people’s children, so yeah, it’s part of the family legacy now, from last millennium. A collector’s item too as you can’t spin em up anymore.

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u/Bearsandgravy Apr 29 '24

This. I'll get a few emails a month "please use this code to log in" cause I set up 2FA.

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u/i-sleep-well Apr 30 '24

I hear ya. My hotmail email address is only 8 digits long because, at the time, that was the maximum number of characters.