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by evjim 2996 days ago
But then if the password is reset, the original scammer has no access to the account! And the scammer cannot reset the password because they do not have access to the email.
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Netflix offers SMS password resets.
This is true if changing the password s you to re-enter the password on every device (even those that were logged in at the time)
Changing a password should always invalidate all existing sessions. If you aren't doing that, then you are doing it wrong.

Edit: Or at least invalidate all sessions initiated using the old password if you have that tracked.

> Changing a password should always invalidate all existing sessions

Doesn't with Google. They display a prompt and let you select which sessions to expire.