RE: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer

["Tim Laureska" <hometeam () goeaston net>]

Curt is absolutely right... I was amazed at how quickly people responded
with various mechanisms to do what was originally asked... I would hope
that the new Security Basics List administrator might pick up on this
potential social engineering ... For all we know this could be some 13
year old kid trying to get into a friend's A/C (no offence meant to the
original author).... paranoia is definitely part of the game!

I finish with a question ....Is this an appropriate question for this
list?


-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Seeliger [mailto:seeliger.curt () epa gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:53 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer


There's been a variety of helpful responses to the original request now.

There are good reasons for doing what he wants to do, but (and I'm in no

way impuning the original poster by asking this) there are some crummy 
reasons as well.

How do any of you know this isn't part of a stalking, or background info

for more social engineering, or yada? Near as I know, you don't.  Sure, 
this is worst case scenario, but isn't paranoia part of the game?

> -----Original Message-----
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer
>
> Hello!  We have a security issue and need to know who is using a
> particular Yahoo user ID from within our company.  We are about 90%
> certain of the person's identity.  This user has been deleting his
> cookies and temp Internet files.  We want to search his computer to
see
> if Yahoo ID xxxx is somewhere on his computer.   We know the Yahoo
user
> ID - we just need to confirm that this person is using it.  We don't
> want to contact Yahoo because we don't want to go down the legal road
> needed to get them to release the info.  Any ideas?
> Thanks,

-- 
Curt Seeliger, Data Ranger          
CSC, EPA/WED contractor
541/754-4638                      
seeliger.curt () eqa gov           

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