security, how safe are we?

“this whole thing with goretx and prowler both saying that they did not post this and they did not post that and that someone stole there passwords.
none of this makes sence. i mean how can someone steal your password?
can this be done?
i have had someone hack into my AOL account and empty my checking account while i was on vacation. so i know that can be done but what about stealing a pass word??”

“Violin may be able to offer some insight.”

“this is not an invite to get my password!!!!!”

“You mean $#%&(@#?”

“Its allready been attained.”

“Trust me wild flower it can be done!”

“Yeah, right, if you run the words together and sign on with a new account. Jeez! A bumbling troll!”

“you know im sorry i posted this. it seems to have been an invite for ALL trolls. by the way i noticed you are not able to put my link and state and all my info.
so there!”

“That's actually a torll. Notice the change in spelling. A troll who uses someone else's sign-in by changing the spelling in some way is called a torll.”

“WF, why are you daring these people (with the "so there" comment?)”

“just being a wise a$$. you see i havent been able to post for 5 days so i have alot to make up for :)”

“Why don't you mind your own business Limpy”

“wildflower

you are such an #&%!$ got uck yourself!!!



hay that felt pretty good. i like yelling at myself!”

“Okay, I'll come clean. wild flower and wildflower are the same person. Just messing with you guys.”

“hehe im so friggen funny... i slay me!!”

“The stuff that looked like ‘prowler’ posted it was actually posted by ‘prowier’ but the ‘i’ was capitalized. See how a capital 'I' looks like a lower case 'l'. I didn't see any fake goretex posts but it could have been something similar.

There is a way to post under someone else's handle and all their personal info would come up too. It is really very convoluted but doesn't involve stealing passwords. I don't want to give any hints because I'm not sure it's something that could easily be fixed. As far as I know, only one other person and I know how to do it. Rest assured that I would never do it without permission. The other person did it with my handle once (I think just to show that they had it figured out too) and when I asked then not to do it again, they didn't. If it becomes a problem, I would suggest that instead of starting a thread to reward the troll, you simply email matt and let him deal with it.”

“thank you !!!
i guess anything is possible..”

“Wildflower, torlling yourself? Shame!”

“Violin, if that's what I think it is then encrypting all information passed would take care of it.

I'd suggest you let Matt know what you are doing.

Heck, as a web developer I'd be interested to know too.”

“Violin...I was just playin' witcha.

No harm, no foul.

Check your email.”

“You again?

I was amused but others wouldn't be.* ”

“no one open brians web site, its a #&%!$ed up virus!



they didnt steasl my password judt using my name under a different account! Look into my discription than the other wanna be prowlers!

what a #&%!$ing cock suckin #&%!$!”

“shee..shee..shee


it is not brian's site, he copied Violin's site which is a joke set up to look like a virus.”

“ok, well it scared the poop out of me!!!

I unplugged as fast as I could!”

“prowler (not prowIer)-

It's not a real virus. 'brian' just inserted a link to my 'homepage'. You didn't really think a computer virus could give you Dutch Elm disease, give your ex-girlfriend your new phone number or make you fall in love with a penguin, did you?”

“hay i love penguins!!!!


so this brian is a troll?”

“Happy trolls to you
Until we post again
Happy trolls you you
Keep riling until then
Happy trolls to you
Til we post again”