grelmar - 5:49 pm on Jan 27, 2009 (gmt 0)

I'm feeling kind of lucky right now...

A few months ago I got into an argument with their customer (dis)service, about the volume of spam they were loading into my inbox. 20 job postings a day that "met my criteria"... "in my area"....

a) I'd never asked for these mails, and hadn't touched the account in almost two years when they started sending the mails

b) "met my criteria" ran the gamut from structural engineer to shipper/receiver

c) "in my area" was apparently anywhere in Canada.

So why am I feeling lucky? The conversation with their customer service dept. ended up with them deleting all traces of my account. A result that pleased me at the time. And doubly so now.

As for password management, I've taken to using KeyPass. I keep one copy on two different USB sticks. One I carry with me and one I have in a drawer at home for backup. My password complexity has improved as a result, because I don't actually have to remember any of them.