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Brien · 02:41 AM

It has come to my attention 'I've' been posting gay porn.

First of all, I'm terribly sorry for the... NSFWness of it all. Secondly, as Demonhood can attest, the thread in question was not started by me.

It all started this morning, when I tried to sign on to AOL. I couldn't. So I spend an hour on Tech support with AOL, who can't speak english very well to complicate matters. Thankfully I got my accounts back. So I log in, and to my surprise, all 80+ of my contacts are GONE! So I spend around half an hour sifting throught chat logs to get them back (I'm still only about half way there).

About two hours ago, I try logging into gmail. Guess what? My login name and my password don't match. So I fire off an email to the abuse department.

Well, I decide to cool off, so I come here, only to find the Lounge missing. Not knowing what 'I' did, I assume that it was taken down for other reasons. So I IM Demonhood. He explains, and I quote, "you linked to gay porn and made a nuisance of yourself" (hope you don't mind me quoting chat's DH). So yet agian, the plot thickens.

Allright, my blood pressure is too high, and words cannot express my anger. I'm too angry to even talk right now.

In essence, I hate hackers. Don't use Windows, kiddies. It'll get you. (Or so the theory goes, I think that since they only targeted Gmail and MacNN, they MUSt have known me).

[edit] More fun further down the page... NOt really.

CD Hanks · Sep 16, 2004, 02:07 AM

I don't mean to be a dick, but the real lesson here is: Don't use AOL.

Ω · Sep 16, 2004, 02:12 AM

So how is being gay working out for you?

Ω · Sep 16, 2004, 02:15 AM

Originally posted by brien:
....I've been posting gay porn.

Sounds guilty to me!

BAN HIM BAN HIM BAN HIM

(and identity theft is a bitch)

Brien · Sep 16, 2004, 02:16 AM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
I don't mean to be a dick, but the real lesson here is: Don't use AOL.

Agreed.

Brien · Sep 16, 2004, 02:22 AM

The saga continues:

Apparently I sent emails to express my gayness to everyone, as well:

On Sep 15, 2004, at 2:33 AM, Brien Edick wrote:

> **********, I have something to tell you...
>
>
>
> I've been thinking and I want you to know first. I finally realize
> that I am gay. Please don't hate me.
>
>

Zimphire · Sep 16, 2004, 02:24 AM

Originally posted by brien:
It has come to my attention I've been posting gay porn.

as Demonhood can attest, the thread in question was not started by me.

I believe you.

E's Lil Theorem · Sep 16, 2004, 02:39 AM

I feel for you and I hope you find the person(s) that did this to you.

On the other hand, I find this (what they chose to do with your information) rather amusing and I hope you can see it in a similar manner.

Xeo · Sep 16, 2004, 02:44 AM

That sucks man. I think I'm gonna change all my passwords just for good measure now, and finally get around to setting up an SSL connection on my mail server.

Maybe tomorrow.

Lancer409 · Sep 16, 2004, 03:43 AM

ouch ... =( ... good luck with fixing everything
... and i hope no co workers / employers were on that mailing list ... going to work could get "complicated"

Eriamjh · Sep 16, 2004, 07:50 AM

I think this is just a coverup for things he wished he didn't post.

Just kidding.

mitchell_pgh · Sep 16, 2004, 07:58 AM

If you go on a bender and post porn... just fess up to it

voyageur · Sep 16, 2004, 08:10 AM

That's a dreadful story brien. Identity theft is a huge problem, and more needs to be done to combat it. One problem is that when your credit card number is stolen, even if you report it, the perpetrators generally go free because it costs more money for the banks to prosecute the case than to just absorb the loss. So criminals do it again and again, by just finding new victims.

ManOfSteal · Sep 16, 2004, 08:27 AM

I stole gorickey's identity.

macaddict0001 · Sep 16, 2004, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by manofsteal:
I stole gorickey's identity.

You don't say
btw I see you have a new sig. Do you replace your sig every 500 posts?

Landos Mustache · Sep 16, 2004, 01:04 PM

That is some mad silly ****.

It must be someone who knows you to go through all the trouble of getting your Gmail and MacNN names.

Did you get any Phishing emails or perhaps someone put a keystroke recorder on your Mac?

ManOfSteal · Sep 16, 2004, 02:27 PM

Originally posted by macaddict0001:
btw I see you have a new sig. Do you replace your sig every 500 posts?

No, only when tired of the other...

macaddict0001 · Sep 16, 2004, 04:20 PM

Hey maybe you can get more post's than zimphire now sometime because you get more post's per day. If only *****68 didn't alway's get bannned then he would have the most post's ever.

turtle777 · Sep 16, 2004, 04:39 PM

Any idea yet how he/she/they got your password ?

-t

Zimphire · Sep 16, 2004, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by macaddict0001:
Hey maybe you can get more post's than zimphire now sometime because you get more post's per day. If only *****68 didn't alway's get bannned then he would have the most post's ever.

Saying "who cares" before gorickey.

ManOfSteal · Sep 16, 2004, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Saying "who cares" before gorickey.

Exactly. What is the deal with people checking the "posts per day" average of users all the time? I don't even check that stuff (or of others). Zimphire and I are not in a competition.

I do have more stolen bases than Zimph does though...and a bigger baseball fan club...

storer · Sep 16, 2004, 06:10 PM

Originally posted by manofsteal:
No, only when tired of the other...

No offence, but I like the other better.

ManOfSteal · Sep 16, 2004, 06:11 PM

Originally posted by storer:
No offence, but I like the other better.

I liked it too. It may return down the road.

This one makes more sense..."stealing"...

macaddict0001 · Sep 16, 2004, 06:36 PM

While we're talking about sig's and stuff I thought I'd mention that if you were allowed avatars I would make mine a banned avatar.

Brien · Sep 16, 2004, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by macaddict0001:
While we're talking about sig's and stuff I thought I'd mention that if you were allowed avatars I would make mine a banned avatar.

What does that have to do with anything?

Zimphire · Sep 16, 2004, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by manofsteal:
Exactly. What is the deal with people checking the "posts per day" average of users all the time? I don't even check that stuff (or of others). Zimphire and I are not in a competition.

You probably know certain baseball players "averages" that you are a fan of right?

Same here. I call it the "fanboy effect"

Zimphire · Sep 16, 2004, 09:04 PM

Originally posted by brien:
What does that have to do with anything?

Because we were talking about sigs..

Avatars and sigs usually go hand in hand.

I like avatars but MacNN wouldn't be the same with them.

MilkmanDan · Sep 17, 2004, 07:49 AM

Sadly enough, no one actually wants to steal my ID. And when someone broke into my dorm room, they had the gull to return all my CDs, as if my taste in music is bad or something.