Passwords

[winstonjen]

If someone gives out their password, and not change it for over a year, and someone else gets into their account, whose fault is it?

I think it`s the fault of the one who gave out the password. If they are that dumb, they are just asking for trouble.

For example, if a policeman doesn`t stop a mugging in progress, despite being present and being capable of stopping it, is he responsible? After all, to uphold the law is his job and responsibility. If he arrives after the mugger has beat up his victim, is that good enough? If he could have stopped it before the victim was hurt, why did he only do it afterwards?

The one who gave out his own password started the chain of events leading to his account being abused.

The person who abused the password was person C. Person A gave it to person B, who gave it to person C.

You should always be careful that if you give out your password to one person, it may not stay that way for long because of the Internet and near-instant communications.

IMO, once you give out your password, you immediately forfeit all rights to your account.

Person A never told person B not to give out the password.

If the admins don`t check the IPs of successful logins, only the IPs of suspicious posts, then they are missing out on 90% of successful logins.

Some forums tell you `There have been X number of unsuccessful attempts to log in since your last login.`

With person A, if that was available, it would say `There has been 1 unsuccessful attempt to log in since your last login, and that was due to an incorrect spelling.`

It got to the point where persons D through M were spreading rumours about person A`s password, and they were all correct.

The one whose account I got into should thank the one who broke in - now no one else can abuse his account.

 

[Marquis de Carabas]

I don't feel I can vote, given the choices. I feel that both are responsible, but not equally so. Giving one's own password is an act of trust. Foolish trust, perhaps, but trust. The giver must accept some responsility in the matter for being foolish.

The receiver of the password giving it out again, however, is not only a foolish act, but an act of betrayal. Betrayal of the stupid doesn't make it any less ignoble.

 

[winstonjen]

I don't feel I can vote, given the choices. I feel that both are responsible, but not equally so. Giving one's own password is an act of trust. Foolish trust, perhaps, but trust. The giver must accept some responsility in the matter for being foolish.

The receiver of the password giving it out again, however, is not only a foolish act, but an act of betrayal. Betrayal of the stupid doesn't make it any less ignoble.

Giving out a password is sometimes needed, but does the password need to remain unchanged for a long, LONG time? Surely it can be changed before it is given out, and then changed back after they are done (after a few days at the most).

Especially when the password in question gives people access to sensitive material, such as a staff-only forum.

Some forums do NOT check the IPs of successful logins, only the IPs of posts, and would miss about 90% of logins because of this.

 

[Marquis de Carabas]

Originally posted by winstonjen
Giving out a password is sometimes needed, but does the password need to remain unchanged for a long, LONG time? Surely it can be changed before it is given out, and then changed back after they are done (after a few days at the most).

This just seems to me further foolishness.

Especially when the password in question gives people access to sensitive material, such as a staff-only forum.

With sensitive material involved, it sounds a bit more like negligence.

Some forums do NOT check the IPs of successful logins, only the IPs of posts, and would miss about 90% of logins because of this.

True, and assuming the original password giver was savvy enough to realize the importance of that fact, I'll even give you gross negligence.

I still have to give more blame to the secondary giver, who committed what I see as a malicious act.

 

[winstonjen]

True, and assuming the original password giver was savvy enough to realize the importance of that fact, I'll even give you gross negligence.

I still have to give more blame to the secondary giver, who committed what I see as a malicious act.

I doubt that the original password giver was aware of the fact that admins could check the IPs of successful logins. The staff were VERY inexperienced. It took them almost 2 years to discover what a PROPER IP ban was.

The original giver apparently was happy with everyone but me using his account.

 

[Marquis de Carabas]

Originally posted by winstonjen
I doubt that the original password giver was aware of the fact that admins could check the IPs of successful logins. The staff were VERY inexperienced. It took them almost 2 years to discover what a PROPER IP ban was.

The original giver apparently was happy with everyone but me using his account.

Well, if you acted with any malicious intent, you deserve the electric chair, but that's very likely just the lack of sleep talking

 

[winstonjen]

Well, if you acted with any malicious intent, you deserve the electric chair, but that's very likely just the lack of sleep talking

lol. Maybe I do, who knows?

Anyway, I plan to put him in this show :

http://www.newgrounds.com/collections/images/f**kingmoron_title.jpg (fill in the 2 missing letters or it will not work)

Kekeke.

Here is a clip:

"Anyone with half a brain knows that you do NOT give out your password to anyone. Not even your lover (show picture of Justin Timberlake)."

 

[scribble]

Whenever anyone tells me their password for some reason, I always *insist* that they change it as soon as I'm done with it.

I don't want to be responsible.