TheOldestMillenial1 t1_iyka6hj wrote on December 2, 2022 at 12:44 AM

Reply to comment by FAYCSB in Those with "my.uri.edu" email address'; Access will be removed as of Dec 15, 2022 by [deleted]

I had a postoffice.uri.edu email too. When I was there in the late 90's, they registered your username with last 4 of your SSN and your SSN was also your student ID #. It was clearly visible on your ID. 🤦🏻‍♀️

FAYCSB t1_iykbzue wrote on December 2, 2022 at 12:58 AM

I think the switch to mail.uri.edu was when I was there, and when they moved away from your SSN being your ID, around 2003.

monkysandtools t1_iykb8vm wrote on December 2, 2022 at 12:52 AM

Oh geez, that's a poor security approach. Those of us born before 2011, its essentially 10^4 unique digits and not 10^9