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What can someone with access to your email address do?

What can someone with access to your email address do?

Someone with access to your email address can: If you meant to ask what can someone who has access to your email account do, the answer is that, if the email account in question is one that you use as a primary email account, they can make your life miserable in many ways. Some of the ways they can do this would be:

What happens if you open someone else’s mail?

Because you did not recognize the mail as belonging to someone else before you opened it, no crime has been committed. Although you may have opened someone else’s mail unintentionally, what you do with it afterward is what really counts. Toss the mail in the garbage, and you have intentionally obstructed the delivery of that correspondence.

Is it a crime to open mail that is not addressed to you?

In fact, there is a federal law that makes it a crime to do so. However, the law only applies under very specific circumstances. To help determine if it’s lawful, take a look at the following reasons for opening mail not addressed to you.

Are there any email accounts that have been hacked?

I have had strong passwords for years (14 characters) and STILL a hacker managed to hack two of my email accounts — a Microsoft Live (Hotmail) account and an “inbox.com” account. I only found out when the hacker sent spam email — to my small business email account!

Someone with access to your email address can: If you meant to ask what can someone who has access to your email account do, the answer is that, if the email account in question is one that you use as a primary email account, they can make your life miserable in many ways. Some of the ways they can do this would be:

Is it a crime to open someone else’s mail?

Opening Someone Else’s Mail with Permission It’s common for someone to ask a neighbor to collect and open his mail while he is away from home. In this case, you can open his mail as long as he has given you permission. It is only a crime if the person did not ask you to and you choose to open it anyway.

What should I do if I open a cell phone account?

The most important step you can take is to put a freeze on the credit information that’s used to open a cell-phone account.

How to set up a new email account on iPhone?

1 Go to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts. 2 Tap Fetch New Data. 3 Choose a setting — like Automatically or Manually — or choose a schedule for how often the Mail app fetches data.