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#1 2015-07-02 03:24:43

Zoey2070
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A Short But Scary Social Experiment

As done by yours truly in the space of about fifteen minutes.

So, it's not anything new to hear that most of the players of EE are young -- and usually gullible -- but how far does this go?

I was inspired by the purple god aura, thinking how similar it was to a guardian aura.

Holy crap, I wondered. Could I get people's accounts by saying I'm a mod and using the purple aura?
Of course, that would require the code, but I am nothing if not crafty.

As it turns out, I didn't even need that.

Case number one:

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and naturally, I tried the account. I logged into some random person's account, just by saying I was a secret mod. It literally took me three minutes.
I put a sign in a world saying not to give out their account info. Also, they have a different password on their email, because, yes, I checked.

I asked another person -- they gave me an alternate one, which was still a dumb idea -- and I spent some of their energy.

I asked a third; the account info they gave me didn't work, so I asked for another, which still didn't work. (I just checked the email/pass combo they gave me, and was asked to verify my identity -- so close but so far into logging into their email account).

A fourth publicly said they wouldn't give me their account, and to ask people who were more gullible.

I asked a fifth; they said that it was no secret I'm a mod and that I wouldn't want their account info anyway. Good job.

Maybe I got lucky -- as I said, I only asked five people. But this isn't the first time I've phished people on various websites. This might not even be the last!
I don't have malicious intent behind it, because if there's one thing I don't need, it's more accounts.

So, what have I learned from being bored?
That we should probably at least write "MODS DON'T NEED YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION, DO NOT GIVE OUT ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO ANYONE" somewhere; this has the added bonus of cutting down on reported "hackings".

tl;dr: I successfully phished two people, and I wasn't even trying.
don't give out your passwords people


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#2 2015-07-02 03:27:38

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I was the fifth //forums.everybodyedits.com/img/smilies/big_smile


but srsly you wouldn't want my account anyway


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#3 2015-07-02 04:07:46

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

That is just crazy that some people could be legit, and get into peoples emails and mess everything up!


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#4 2015-07-02 04:16:35

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Everyone report zoey for being a hacker!! also give me all the accounts you phish pls


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#5 2015-07-02 04:45:45

SirJosh3917
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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

omg such phiser! so wow!
I must be famous, i will give u accounts.
email: [email protected]
pass: ee

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#6 2015-07-02 06:37:18

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I said a fake account passoword to you //forums.everybodyedits.com/img/smilies/tongue but it was a joke


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#7 2015-07-02 13:06:10

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Yeah I've noticed that people are prettty eager to give away their account information.

I've had people offer me their accounts when I'm wearing the bunny smiley because they think we'll trade accounts. I would just say "DONT GIVE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO ANYONE" (Except people you trust).

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#8 2015-07-02 14:24:42

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Woah, that's bad that some people give away their personal information just like that.
But it's also good. For some people, Everybody Edits is their first online community and it would be a good place to learn not to give away your personal informations. IMO admins should make it clear on the main website, put it in a place where everybody can see.

#9 2015-07-02 15:05:24, last edited by Shadowkirby (2015-07-02 15:06:03)

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I'd feel bad for whoever was pranked into giving their account information... however if I was the "moderator." I would find it hilarious if someone bought it. That has happened to me before with a random user demanding for edit, if not, ban and steal my account. I just kicked the user and he never returned. So all the prank will really give you, is a temporary ban from the world you decided to prank https://wiki.everybodyedits.com/images/c/c0/069_LOL


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#10 2015-07-02 16:25:57

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I remember once someone gave their email and password when I asked to add as friend, but the account was so poor I just abandoned.


This is a false statement.

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#11 2015-07-02 20:28:20, last edited by Breadfinn (2015-07-02 20:28:42)

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.


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#12 2015-07-02 20:37:53

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Breadfinn wrote:

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.

Please we're all going to end up buying everything in the shop anyways

#13 2015-07-02 20:50:33

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Anak wrote:
Breadfinn wrote:

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.

Please we're all going to end up buying everything in the shop anyways

u know sarcasm?


guys help how to mark all new posts as read?

nvm found it lol

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#14 2015-07-02 20:52:12

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

bgic wrote:
Anak wrote:
Breadfinn wrote:

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.

Please we're all going to end up buying everything in the shop anyways

u know sarcasm?

Do u know unnecessary comments

#15 2015-07-02 20:59:05

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Anak wrote:
bgic wrote:
Anak wrote:
Breadfinn wrote:

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.

Please we're all going to end up buying everything in the shop anyways

u know sarcasm?

Do u know unnecessary comments

Of course. 50% of the comments on this forum is unnecessary.


guys help how to mark all new posts as read?

nvm found it lol

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#16 2015-07-02 21:08:21

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

bgic wrote:
Anak wrote:
bgic wrote:
Anak wrote:
Breadfinn wrote:

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.

Please we're all going to end up buying everything in the shop anyways

u know sarcasm?

Do u know unnecessary comments

Of course. 50% of the comments on this forum is unnecessary.

who are you to judge

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#17 2015-07-02 21:11:27

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

okay but i'm glad everyone enjoyed me stealing people's passwords enough to warrant 26 woots.

Breadfinn wrote:

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.

it was an alt. technically, i was doing a favor.


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#18 2015-07-02 21:25:13

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

bgic wrote:
Anak wrote:
bgic wrote:
Anak wrote:
Breadfinn wrote:

You spent all the energy? Dude Zoey that's messed up. Too far.

Please we're all going to end up buying everything in the shop anyways

u know sarcasm?

Do u know unnecessary comments

Of course. 50% of the comments on this forum is unnecessary.

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#19 2015-07-02 21:28:33

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Whenever you chat with anybody in Steam it has a little message like this:
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If that was just written at the start of every chat log it would probably help a ton.


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#20 2015-07-03 06:57:34

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I was thinking this was hilarious until you mentioned trying to get into his email. The people that share accounts could very likely have the same password for their email. //forums.everybodyedits.com/img/smilies/sad


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#21 2015-07-03 07:08:20

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I'm guessing they trusted you because players usually don't get private messages and the private messages kinda look like system messages.
You know, with the star (*) and all...


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EE is an entertaining game and I enjoyed playing it...
...but it's time for me to move on.

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#22 2015-07-03 14:01:48, last edited by Insanity (2015-07-03 14:02:03)

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I've been doing this before it was cool, thought it was a bannable offense lol


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#23 2015-07-04 13:51:38, last edited by Yandax (2015-07-04 13:51:58)

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

HAHAHHAHAHH!!! Why do I find this so funny?  I have a question though, if someone was doing this, would it be breaking the EE rules?


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#24 2015-07-04 15:21:18

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

I agree this. EE should not be considered a place where you can hack users by giving account.


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#25 2015-07-07 19:05:07

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Re: A Short But Scary Social Experiment

nlmdejonge wrote:

I'm guessing they trusted you because players usually don't get private messages and the private messages kinda look like system messages.
You know, with the star (*) and all...

its not like these ppl responed via /pm or anything

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