MBL loses user due to forced account merge

robwatts — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:38:00 +0000

Hi ~~Heidi~~ Snoskred, nice to see you

Well I think I read somewhere that the cookies will expire at some point. If you try and view your account details or make any edits to it, then it is at this point that they will force the new login on you.

Currently, I can still use it, but only with an IE7 browser.

sleeks off t see who this Heidi Klum person is…

MBL loses user due to forced account merge

Snoskred — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:05:24 +0000

I haven’t logged into MBL for a bit, but I had my login set to remember me, so when I did login I wasn’t asked for my yahoo ID.

I agree that it is not a good idea to make everyone do it, it should be optional. I don’t have a yahoo ID of my own, I only have yahoo ID’s I use to bait the scammers, such as my Busty Bavarian chick who looks incredibly like Heidi Klum.. Needless to say the scammers adore her. But I certainly don’t want that Yahoo ID linked to my blog where I mention I am a scambaiter. It will give the game away!

If it becomes a forced thing where I have no choice but to use a yahoo ID, I will be leaving as well, I think.. but like I say it didn’t make me do it yet.

Cheers,
Snoskred

MBL loses user due to forced account merge

robwatts — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:52:23 +0000

Hi Calvin

There’s a thought – an uber uni-login, makes me think of identity cards and border controls and all that jazz. Perhaps I like the illusion of freedom that I delude myself into believeing I have, when the reality is that my ISP probably has a shed load of data into my browser habits, stuff i save and download, search queries and more…

We may all laugh and get flippant about it but there is a scary reality to this stuff that we should all be a little more vocal of.

I agree scary!

Thanks for your contribution

MBL loses user due to forced account merge

Calvin Warr — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:41:09 +0000

To some extent, I agree, we should have a choice of how we want to log in. I am sure Yahoo! will iron out the kinks eventually. But I want to point out that logging into a single user id, is a trend that is slowly but surely coming along. Microsoft of course have their own id system, but there is an open source one called openid that seems to be picking up momentum. I tried it on a few sites. It still has its problems. But its a trend. Eventually, one day, we might have only one login. Scary.

MBL loses user due to forced account merge

robwatts — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:39:19 +0000

I think its more about choice Steve. I’m sure that choice could have been an option. Maybe I’m just a little too cynical and suspicious of corps in my old age