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Ambient · 3rd February 2008, 11:45 PM

When the site was not working the other day I used google to search for some cached pages. I ran across this site http://www.bugmenot.com/view/www.ele...ech-online.com

Seems like they are providing user names with pw, so I thought I would bring it to your attention. There was also another site with the same name but using .net, and it had the same forum structure. But all the posts were by the same guy lol.

Hero999 · 3rd February 2008, 11:52 PM

I don't see how they can do that?

Marks256 · 4th February 2008, 12:05 AM

Well they did and that is what is important.

justDIY · 4th February 2008, 03:33 AM

i don't see what the big deal is ... shared accounts are nothing new. the board owner has it set so you cannot view uploaded pictures or attachments unless you're a registered user. if you just want to check something out, but not go through the trouble of creating and confirming an account, then a bugmenot account is the way to go.

bananasiong · 4th February 2008, 03:36 AM

That .net site is crappy slow.. No replies.

Torben · 4th February 2008, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hero999

I don't see how they can do that?

Someone just makes an account and posts the password so others can take a peek without registering.

If a site admin wanted to try to stop it, it would be simple to write a script to periodically check that page (and others known to be like it*) and auto-ban any accounts listed there.

Torben

[Edit: Of course, they'd just move the page. If it escalated I'd suspect that the bugmenots would tend to stay one step ahead.]

**ElectroMaster** · 4th February 2008, 09:40 AM

Thank you for informing us.. This sort of site i could imagine is used by many spammers..

I have removed the accounts.

Ambient · 4th February 2008, 11:25 PM

That is what I thought when I saw that. One way for those bots to sneak in.

3rd February 2008, 11:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ambient Experienced Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 356	User accounts When the site was not working the other day I used google to search for some cached pages. I ran across this site http://www.bugmenot.com/view/www.ele...ech-online.com Seems like they are providing user names with pw, so I thought I would bring it to your attention. There was also another site with the same name but using .net, and it had the same forum structure. But all the posts were by the same guy lol. Last edited by Ambient; 3rd February 2008 at 11:47 PM.

3rd February 2008, 11:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hero999 Experienced Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 7,002	I don't see how they can do that? __________________ What's so bad about Microsoft? Get Opera it's simply a superb browser.

4th February 2008, 12:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Marks256 Experienced Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 2,260	Well they did and that is what is important. __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

4th February 2008, 03:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
justDIY Experienced Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,702	i don't see what the big deal is ... shared accounts are nothing new. the board owner has it set so you cannot view uploaded pictures or attachments unless you're a registered user. if you just want to check something out, but not go through the trouble of creating and confirming an account, then a bugmenot account is the way to go. __________________ If you don't have a planet, what good are gold bars? want to contact me directly? gmail gordonthree check out my project website: http://projects.dimension-x.net Favorite numbers: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

4th February 2008, 03:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
bananasiong Experienced Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,591	That .net site is crappy slow.. No replies. __________________ Superman Returns.. http://www.supermanhomepage.com/imag...an-returns.gif My friend created this account for me.. LOL http://bananasiong.myminicity.com oh.. somemore http://bananasiong.myminicity.com/env Exam T_T.T

4th February 2008, 09:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
ElectroMaster Administrator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Christchurch, NZ Posts: 389	Thank you for informing us.. This sort of site i could imagine is used by many spammers.. I have removed the accounts. __________________ Electro Tech Online Owner - PM me if you find a problem! Email verification didn't arrive? Click here. (PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME FOR CIRCUITS OR PARTS - I WILL NOT ANSWER)

4th February 2008, 11:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ambient Experienced Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 356	That is what I thought when I saw that. One way for those bots to sneak in.

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