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Gmail problem

esperanza · 2005-11-28 22:00:22

Each time I put my username into Gmail, in fact the first three letters, my password appears automatically, I'm using computers in cybercafes and fear that someone with the same first three letters in their name could have access to my email account? How can I stop this from happening? Has it something to do with the way…

28-11-2005 10:00pm

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esperanza

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Each time I put my username into Gmail, in fact the first three letters, my password appears automatically, I'm using computers in cybercafes and fear that someone with the same first three letters in their name could have access to my email account? How can I stop this from happening? Has it something to do with the way the computer is configured?

Funnily enough the same thing isn't happening with my hotmail and yahoo accounts, which raises questions about the trustworthiness oif Gmail!!!

perhaps other gmail users have been experiencing the same thing?

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#2 28-11-2005 10:01pm

Sandals

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No you must be clickinh yes when The pc promts you to store it or not.

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#3 28-11-2005 10:08pm

Karoma

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Choose not to store it..
And clear the input via your Web Browser..

And,uh, All Your Email Are Belong To Us.

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#4 28-11-2005 10:13pm

aidan_walsh

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esperanza wrote:

which raises questions about the trustworthiness oif Gmail!!!

More to do with your ability to read the screen before clicking a button, tbh.

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