A Short But Scary Social Experiment

Zoey2070 · 2015-07-02 03:24:43

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:

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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Minimania · 2015-07-02 03:27:38

I was the fifth

but srsly you wouldn't want my account anyway

Era, TSF14

Surfbro · 2015-07-02 04:07:46

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

BuzzerBee · 2015-07-02 04:16:35

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

kubapolish, realmaster42, oranj, Br0k3n, TSF14, Swarth100, Ben, some woman, Xfrogman43

SirJosh3917 · 2015-07-02 04:45:45

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

Krosis · 2015-07-02 06:37:18

I said a fake account passoword to you but it was a joke

Pyromaniac · 2015-07-02 13:06:10

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).

ktostam450 · 2015-07-02 14:24:42

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.

Shadowkirby · 2015-07-02 15:05:24

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

Creature · 2015-07-02 16:25:57

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.

Br0k3n

Breadfinn · 2015-07-02 20:28:20

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

Enurp, Ben, Sensei1

Anak · 2015-07-02 20:37:53

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

bgic · 2015-07-02 20:50:33

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?

Pingohits, Ben, Br0k3n

Anak · 2015-07-02 20:52:12

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

bgic · 2015-07-02 20:59:05

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.

Pingohits, Anch, Ben, kubapolish, Br0k3n, W24

Kirby · 2015-07-02 21:08:21

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

Ben

Zoey2070 · 2015-07-02 21:11:27

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.

Ben

Pingohits · 2015-07-02 21:25:13

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.

Br0k3n

Bobithan · 2015-07-02 21:28:33

Whenever you chat with anybody in Steam it has a little message like this:

If that was just written at the start of every chat log it would probably help a ton.

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SilverStar · 2015-07-03 06:57:34

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.

nlmdejonge · 2015-07-03 07:08:20

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...

Insanity · 2015-07-03 14:01:48

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

Yandax · 2015-07-04 13:51:38

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?

Michele · 2015-07-04 15:21:18

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

Era · 2015-07-07 19:05:07

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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