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42% of Web Users Sneak Onto Others' Online Accounts

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-are-you-doing-there dept.

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."

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  1. Stolen AC's password... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    but it did take me some time so this is not Frist Post.

    1. Re:Stolen AC's password... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Damn it. And I worked so hard building up a solid reputation for honesty and rational thought.

  2. And it works, too by Das+Modell · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm actually the one who posted this story.

    1. Re:And it works, too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hahahaha! Disregard that, I suck cocks.
      -Das Modell

      reference in case people think I'm trolling.

  3. Re:Sharing passwords by geekgirlandrea · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  4. Re:Sharing passwords by Dragonslicer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, we're both gay

    <obligatory>Pics or it didn't happen!</obligatory>

  5. Did it to nuke a MySpace account by AaronW · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  6. Ok, fess up. by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which one of you got hold of CmdrTaco's password and posted all these lame stories?

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  7. Re:Sharing passwords by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    Confucius say "A gay girl with packet sniffer? Hmmm, something fishy here."

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  8. Re:Sharing passwords by unitron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Especially if you're a cunning linguist.

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