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Originally Posted by bobkatfly
Tilton, I havent heard of this embedded log-me-in link. Did you have Two Factor Authentication on your account and if so, does the link get around this somehow?
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I have had people use "Log-me-in" to remotely repair my computer. You can give them access and actually sit there and watch the mouse move when they run your computer. They have accessed screens that I didn't even know existed and are generally very knowledgeable and able to correct issues.
To answer your question, worse than that, I had password manager on my computer so it automatically loads my password for every site I (or the scammers) use. My bad! My previous understanding was that I had to permit someone to log in but whatever I clicked on put software on my computer that allowed remote operation without my permission.
Password Manager is fine for most sites, but not for banking or investment sites. I learned that the hard way! I should have paid more attention to those things. With what they could have done, losing $990 is a small price to pay.