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42% of Web Users Sneak Onto Others' Online Accounts
An anonymous reader writes "In an online survey, 42 percent of Internet users admitted to logging into other people's email and social networking accounts without their knowledge. The poll doesn't ask if passwords were found, granted, or stolen — which would make for further interesting results. The write-up summarizing the results defines the respondents as part of an "educated tech-readership" and questions the ethics of logging onto someone else's account, and whether those differ depending on the person and relationship."
but it did take me some time so this is not Frist Post.
I'm actually the one who posted this story.
I am the real woodchip and that dangerous hacker has stolen my password.
I am going to call the cops.
Yes. Stick to dating people who know how to use a packet sniffer. :)
It just seems bizarre to me how many people think it's normal to give out their password to family/friends/partners/whatever. I've never revealed a password to anyone in my life and never will, and my really important ones get changed regularly. Is that really so terribly unusual?
What are you? Some kind of mutant?
JADBP
Had a girlfriend who turned out to be promiscuous. She used the same password for everything, or a very small variation. (1-2 characters)
I helped her out with her bills from time to time, and upon returning to Afghanistan (after a horrible R&R due to her promiscuity) I mass-messaged everyone on her Yahoo Messenger with a message that accurately portrayed her character resulting in some fun phone calls for her.
I believe that this was very ethical and appropriate for the relationship. The other option of over-drafting her checking account by paying her credit card would have been extreme.
Yeah right. Just try finding one of those. Of the correct sex.
And orientation
Wait... nevermind.
I'm not going to call the cops anymore. I'm not entirely sure my livestock porn is legal in this state.
Well, I suppose I shouldn't be assuming which sex is the correct one for you, but from the implication of scarcity I'll go ahead and assume you're a straight male.
Anyway, we *do* exist. Including myself, I know of at least two women who know how to use a packet sniffer. Now, we're both gay, so that doesn't help you very much, but I'm sure there have to be straight geeky women out there.
Nor am I sure if I am real or just a figment of someone else's imagination.
I see, so the true Ultimate Question is "What is the % of web users who sneak onto other online accounts?"
Ha! take that Vogons..
Now, we're both gay
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I once had to do this. Some idiot on MySpace set their account to use one of my email addresses. Repeated requests to Myspace went unanswered, so I just used the password recovery tool to change it and promptly deleted his account. Problem solved.
This post is encrypted twice with ROT-13. Documenting or attempting to crack this encryption is illegal.
That part is negotiable. At least partially so.
But, but, but, Slashdot is one big idle section! People have been wasting their time here for ten years!
Keep your eyes to the sky.
BOSCO
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Which one of you got hold of CmdrTaco's password and posted all these lame stories?
Have gnu, will travel.
Confucius say "A gay girl with packet sniffer? Hmmm, something fishy here."
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Especially if you're a cunning linguist.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
Maybe he are British.
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
I wish people would stop using Anonymous Coward's account. He doesn't even have a password!
Homonyms are fun!
You're driving your car, but they're riding their bikes there.
It could save money on birth control.
Since 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything, wouldn't it also follow that 42% is the universal statistic?
That's the way. Let her think she can see everything, but hide the real meat somewhere else. First thing they taught me at the Evil Genius Accademy.
It's not really 42% -- 50% of the ones who answered the survey was actually the same person logging into 21% of the accounts.
Am I the only one who has noticed the 42. 42 is the meaning of life. The meaning of life is identity fraud. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything
Well played AC. You and she will be married before the year is out.
I'm pretty sure all packet sniffers are female.