Oh my gosh!
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:09 pm
Well, someone posted a link on snopes for a website that gives yoyu passes and screennames (so that you won't have to sign up to read a NYtime article) and I though "Hmmm...I wonder..." So I typed in neopets.com. And it gave me a pass and screenname. I had no idea this info was so easily attainable! I bet that sites one of the reasons people get hacked so much.
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:11 pm
WHAT?!?! 
*hides*
*hides*
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:14 pm
plushie wrote:WHAT?!?!
*hides*
I know! I'm tempted to see if that account even exists.
I checked, and it is real. Abandoned, but real!
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:14 pm
That doesn't seem right! 
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:16 pm
And I feel guilty for even looking. 
I need a shoulder to cry on!
I need a shoulder to cry on!
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:17 pm
whats snope? o.0
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:18 pm
I wanted to see this for myself, but I can't find it on snopes message boards...hopefully if it was there it was deleted? 
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:19 pm
I don't get that.
You go onto this site. You go to neopets.com, and a screenname and a pass comes up?!?!
You go onto this site. You go to neopets.com, and a screenname and a pass comes up?!?!
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:35 pm
sciencetv wrote:I don't get that.
You go onto this site. You go to neopets.com, and a screenname and a pass comes up?!?!
You go to the site, type in neopets.com into the sites search, and the ID and pass comes up. That eerily simple.
I wanted to see this for myself, but I can't find it on snopes message boards...hopefully if it was there it was deleted? Smile
No, its still there, if you want the sites url just PM me for it. I prefer not to post it incase some scammers are lurking around.
Angus Young wrote:whats snope? o.0
Snopes.com an urban legend website. I found the link on the boards.
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:36 pm
I think it just read your cookies and display it for you
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:37 pm
apranum wrote:I think it just read your cookies and display it for you
Read my cookies? O_O My screen name and pass wasn't the one it displayed.
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:39 pm
Maybe they just created an account of their own to give the password to. I'd like to check it out though because that is a little scary.
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:42 pm
*ish scared*
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:45 pm
I don't understand what's so odd about it. Amneris is right, sites like these sign up for things and then post the login information for public use.
Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:48 pm
Yes, it obviously has only one username and password, so people can check it out without signing up for it. It's kind of cool.