Quote from: eleuthria on April 22, 2014, 02:03:39 PM

Quote from: ldh37 on April 22, 2014, 01:46:04 PM

Quote from: eleuthria on April 22, 2014, 11:47:04 AM

You should definitely start changing your passwords though, because the wallet changes were confirmed via email, meaning the person has/had access to your email. The wallet was not locked.

I read thru the Support link and see how the address lock works but I don't see anything on how the email lock works, i.e., once locked can it be changed and how?

Email locks are generally not removed because generally an account is compromised via a compromised email (as in the case above). So sending a message from the locked address doesn't prove anything in many cases. A signed message from the wallet on the account is sometimes able to reverse an email lock, if the wallet used to sign the message has been on the account for a reasonable length of time (multiple payouts already processed to that address). It's examined on a case by case basis.

Thanks. I was curious since I would think the need to change an email account due to changing ISPs, service providers, etc, would be more common than the need to change the BTC address so wanted to know before I locked it.