The Daily Money: Time to check that email account you haven't used in years
Good morning! This is Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.
Remember that old Gmail account you created to register for websites when you didn't want to get blitzed with spam afterward? If you haven't logged on in a while, now would be a good time to make an appearance.
In December, Google will begin deleting personal email accounts that have been inactive for two years, Betty Lin-Fisher reports. That includes any associated content, such as Google Workspace products like Google Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar and Photos. Google said the move, first announced in a blog post in May, will protect users from scammers.
Forgotten or unattended accounts are more likely to be compromised because they “often rely on old or re-used passwords that may have been compromised, haven't had two-factor authentication set up, and receive fewer security checks by the user,” Google said.
Google’s internal analysis shows abandoned accounts are at least 10 times less likely than active accounts to have two-step verification. That oversight can leave them more likely to get compromised and used for anything from identity theft to malicious content like spam, the company said.
There is such a thing as too much shrimp
On any other day, we'd save this for Today's Menu. But news is slow, as much of our nation lingers in a turkey coma -- or, apparently, a shrimp coma.
When the casual dining chain Red Lobster offered endless shrimp to the American diner, it seemed to have underestimated the nation's collective appetite.
The seafood chain's "Ultimate Endless Shrimp" offer proved wildly popular. Too popular, in fact, contributing to a $11 million loss for the chain in the third quarter.
The limited-time promotional deal challenged guests to pick two types of shrimp to consume in limitless quantities for $20. In June, Ultimate Endless Shrimp landed a permanent spot on Red Lobster menus. By fall, Red Lobster's parent company, Thai Union Group, was headed toward a $20 million loss for 2023.
Red Lobster has raised the price of Ultimate Endless Shrimp to $25. But will that stem the tide of red cocktail sauce? Only time will tell. Red Lobster representatives did not immediately return Paste BN's calls for further crustacean comment.
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