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School accounts recycled?

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I have this school account that I still use from last year, but I don't go to the school anymore. On day I noticed that in my YouTube watch history there were a ton of videos I didn't watch, and my search history too. As well as my watch later. Also, school calendars were shared with me. I quickly changed my password. I couldn't think of what happened except that they recycled accounts or someone saw my password at school...
 
I would say that it's not a great policy to recycle email addresses at all and I'd be surprised if they did it deliberately. If your name was John Smith, then I could see how there would be a big demand for john.smith@school.edu but most school emails i see have numbers appended to them to make them unique.

I have this school account that I still use from last year, but I don't go to the school anymore.

You should move away from that account quickly. After a year, I'm shocked that it is still even active. You are facing the day when the school just shuts it off and you will a.) miss important email, and b.) be unable to confirm password or account changes where you used that email as primary contact.
 
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