Let me be the only one who thinks this is actually not a bad idea. I have a very typical name, very commonly used and if almost on every popular email service (gmail, hotmail, yahoo), I've tried registering a few varieties of my [email protected] or even [email protected] and it's almost always taken.
If you think your identity could be stolen because of an unused email address, it might be your fault that's going to happen. Why would you register with an inactive email address and not check it? Email address seem like the main way for most people to login, if you have multiple, you must at least check them for something once every six months.
This announcement only says that they will remove those that haven't logged into their account in the last 12 months. Seems like a very long time in internet time.
In 2002 I made a paypal account with my yahoo email address. I attached my bank account to it, the same one I still use.
I haven't used that paypal account or that email address in years. A while back I realised the folly of this and removed as much information as I could from the account.
But, what if I'd just forgotten about it? Now anyone who registers my (common) yahoo email, attempts a password reset on the popular websites, can drain my bank account.
If you think your identity could be stolen because of an unused email address, it might be your fault that's going to happen. Why would you register with an inactive email address and not check it? Email address seem like the main way for most people to login, if you have multiple, you must at least check them for something once every six months.
This announcement only says that they will remove those that haven't logged into their account in the last 12 months. Seems like a very long time in internet time.