JPWhite
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turbo2ltr said:Here's a list of just some of the companies and sites that I have had spam sent to the address I gave them and only them....
So each company got a unique one time email address?
Interesting experiment
turbo2ltr said:Here's a list of just some of the companies and sites that I have had spam sent to the address I gave them and only them....
Ah, the joys of running your own mail server.... Was it their master the shift sweepstakes? I still get spam from that one. But I am assuming it was their marketing company that got infected and not Nissan.turbo2ltr said:Nissan, if you are so worried about "privacy" then why did I just get a spam to an email address that I've only given to you?
Given that you're using predictable email addresses, how are you sure that the spammers simply aren't trying putting 1+1 together?turbo2ltr said:Yes I always do this. It's easy to do with a catch-all address if you have your own domain. I even have a pretty much dedicated domain for it. For instance, this message board, I used [email protected]
drees said:Given that you're using predictable email addresses, how are you sure that the spammers simply aren't trying putting 1+1 together?turbo2ltr said:Yes I always do this. It's easy to do with a catch-all address if you have your own domain. I even have a pretty much dedicated domain for it. For instance, this message board, I used [email protected]
I am also seeing lots of bizarre dictionary spam these days -- programmatically generated hex names, things like [email protected]. They usually come in 25 at a time.arnolddeleon said:drees said:Given that you're using predictable email addresses, how are you sure that the spammers simply aren't trying putting 1+1 together?turbo2ltr said:Yes I always do this. It's easy to do with a catch-all address if you have your own domain. I even have a pretty much dedicated domain for it. For instance, this message board, I used [email protected]
You can never be 100% sure. Some spammers do use "dictionaries" to guess at email addresses but in general it's not a good strategy because modern anti-spam systems will end up blocking sender. It's pretty clear today that best way to get email addresses to spam is to compromise databases and end user contact lists so it is unlikely they just guessed.
arnold
turbo2ltr said:Yes I always do this. It's easy to do with a catch-all address if you have your own domain. I even have a pretty much dedicated domain for it. For instance, this message board, I used [email protected]
That's why I include timestamp and other variables in the e-mail address for each site (probably have generated over thousands of addresses). Been doing it for over 10 years, and has helped me figure out when my data was compromised before the company itself knew. No way a dictionary attack is going to cover thatarnolddeleon said:drees said:Given that you're using predictable email addresses, how are you sure that the spammers simply aren't trying putting 1+1 together?turbo2ltr said:Yes I always do this. It's easy to do with a catch-all address if you have your own domain. I even have a pretty much dedicated domain for it. For instance, this message board, I used [email protected]
You can never be 100% sure. Some spammers do use "dictionaries" to guess at email addresses but in general it's not a good strategy because modern anti-spam systems will end up blocking sender. It's pretty clear today that best way to get email addresses to spam is to compromise databases and end user contact lists so it is unlikely they just guessed.
arnold
baronvonshush said:While I know that Nissan publicly backtracked on this after backlash from owners, I am starting to get reports of new users being unable to login to LEAF Link. Nissan's app does work for them.
z0ner said:It seems to work perfectly fine for me. I'm on the newest iOS, 7.0.3.
SalisburySam said:I too have LEAF Link v1.1.3 working well for me on my iPhone5s with iOSv7.0.3.
baronvonshush said:I've started digging, and in the latest version of their iOS app (released last week), the North America service urls have changed slightly. The new urls seem to require some sort of custom authentication code in the HTTP headers. Based on my user reports, I suspect Nissan may be requiring new user accounts to use the new service urls. The old service urls still work for existing/old accounts (presumably because some people may never update their Nissan app, so Nissan didn't want to lock them out).
Is there anyone here who just created their Carwings account? Can you try any third party apps to see if they work for you?
I haven't had time to see if I can add the new HTTP headers to my app and fool Nissan's servers with the new service urls, but I hope I can get it working. That would really stink if the app becomes useless to all new owners...
Nubo said:Had trouble once earlier this week, where Nissan claimed "invalid userid or password", though I knew they were both correct. Happened first on LEAF Link (since that's what I normally use), then I tried the Nissan app and got the same error. The next time I tried, I got logged on successfully and it's been working ok since (both apps). My account is about 2 years old, so not what you're looking for but thought it might be useful since it suggests there might have been a brief problem with their authentication.
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