Cornell Finch

Yahoo/Flickr – Anyone Home???

Speak to any security expert and they will tell you that you shouldn’t write your usernames, passwords, or PIN down anywhere as it is the most obvious security risk. I know that people do and in the past I have done this myself.

However, in the case of my Flickr account I didn’t. When I created the account it was just at Flickr. They didn’t have anything to do with Yahoo! then and all was peachy.

I had my browser save the password with an automatic logon, like you do. I’ve never had a problem. Until June 28 that is. That day I decided to kill off all my saved passwords, history and cache in an attempt to solve a problem I was having with my blog.

Of course, this killed my Flickr password. I have tried various logins and the one login that works only works for Yahoo!. This then tells me that I can merge my Yahoo account with my Flickr account. Only I can’t. It doesn’t recognise the details that I enter for Flickr.

So, on the 28th I sent a query to Flickr. Bear in mind that I searched Flickr for ages trying to solve my problem before doing so. A couple of minutes later I get a reply from them:

Just a quick email from Team Flickr to let you know that
we’ve successfully received your recent Help by Email query
and we hope to respond within 3 days.

We’d also like to take an opportunity to remind you that
one query is sufficient and multiple queries regarding the
same issue make the Magic Donkey cry.

Lastly, you may not be aware that our FAQs and forums are
full of help goodness:

http://www.flickr.com/help/faq/

http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/

The Flickreenos

——————————————————-
Special News Alert
Flickr members: we want to make sure everyone
is aware of the importance of keeping your
account safe from unauthorized access. With
this in mind, please read the information on
the following links:

http://www.flickr.com/news/#sec_alert
http://www.flickr.com/help/website/#236

No humans were involved in the creation of this email.
It is auto-generated, so please don’t reply.

Not wanting to make the “Magic Donkey” cry, I have been a patient boy and waited. And waited. And waited. Forget the donkey, I want to get into my Flickr account please. I paid for this service, and while the fuck up was entirely mine, it would be nice to get some help so that I can actually USE the damned service rather than just have it sit there doing nothing!

If you are listening Yahoo people or Flickreenos, PLEASE HELP!

Update: Sorted. I took an educated guess at the Yahoo! ID and the password and the system let me in. I have now written the username down (I can remember the password!) for safe keeping. I guess I’m screwed if we have a break in though!