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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 1:35 am
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mvoight
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Originally Posted by farwest101
Disagree entirely. It has EVERYTHING to do with sharing passwords and nothing to do with ease of changing passwords. Anyone who has full access to an account should be able to change passwords. It was the OPs fault for not changing all his login info immediately - and that he allowed it to happen 80-90 times speaks to his poor judgement more than the ex's...Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 80-90 times...
Not correct. I don't think OP shared 80 to 90 different password.
I actually have tried this as a test.

Try it... You don't need to have access to the owner's email account
Select the forgot password link on the login page.
You will see the text between the lines.
_____________________________________________

Verify Email Address
Is this still your correct email address? (address is partially hidden for your privacy):
**************@GMAIL.COM

If correct, select Yes to receive a temporary password at this email address.

If not, select No. We will ask you a few questions about your account for your verification and then allow you to enter your email address so we can send you a temporary password.

__________________________________________________ _________________

The verification questions;........ simply the zip code and country.
You are then asked for your new email address.

Easy Peasy, even if you don't know the person

1. Find a boarding pass
2. Lookup person in the origin or destination area, better if the name isn't too common

If you actually know the person, then it's a piece of cake
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