"Suppose a bad guy guesses the password for your throwaway Yahoo address. Now he goes to major banking and commerce sites and looks for an account registered to that email address. When he finds one, he clicks the 'forgot my password' button and a new one is sent - to your compromised email account. Now he's in a position to do you serious harm."

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About Barton Gellman

Barton Gellman is an American journalist and author known for national security and surveillance reporting. He has worked with major U.S. publications and received Pulitzer Prize recognition for investigative reporting.

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